Story:

+ Excellent Story Proccessing
+ 2 different endings
- Doesn't matches with Portal 2's story
- Aperture Science actually doesn't have A.L.S.S.E.R

Characters:

+ Nigel is your only friend
+ Nigel sometimes gives you really good advices
+ Nigel reflects its emotions perfectly
+ Nigel talks at unexpected moments (such as when you do something that you actually shouldn't do)
+ Good sense of humor
- Nigel doesn't have a backstory

Environment:

+ Old Aperture levels are amazing
+ At Test Chamber 3 (I think) you can see one of the darkest and biggest test shaft of all time
+ Excellent detailing
+ There are lots of alternative ways to solve puzzles
+ Behind the Scenes areas are really show you behind the scenes of Aperture universe
+ When you finish a test chamber, you have to use "transport tubes" (like Portal 2 testing apparatus transportation tubes) instead of standard elevators. And you'll see more behind the scenes areas while travelling in tube
+ Some levels don't require loading
+ You solve some old style puzzles in salt mine caves
- Some logical problems
- Cubemap, water reflection, and some visual problems (like lighting issues)
- Some textures repeating (and it's bad)

Music:
+ Awesome soundtrack
+ Sounds and musics supports environment very well
+ You can feel lots of emotions while listening musics
+ Steam Soundtrack support (without payment)

Graphics:

+ This game builded on same Source Engine version as Portal 2 uses, so graphics actually same as Portal 2
+ Awasome fog and lighting effect
+ Deep environment feeling
+ Nigel looks so good
- Repeated, streched textures

Voice Acting:

+ Lots of people don't like voice actor of Nigel, but for me, its good
+ Nigel can reflect his emotions very well

Overall score: 91/100

Thank you for reading my review.

Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative to dość nietypowa modyfikacja do gry Portal 2. Nietypowa dlatego, że nie występują w niej tytułowe portale. No, może nie do końca, bo spotykamy je w kilku miejscach. Nie spotykamy tu jednak portalowego działa, na którym opierała się cała rozgrywka w podstawowej grze.

W The Paint Gun Testing Initiative wcielamy się w bliżej nie zidentyfikowany obiekt badawczy i trafiamy już do znanej placówki Aperture Science. Naszym zadaniem jest przejście serii testów z wykorzystaniem broni, pozwalającej oblewać dowolne powierzchnie farbami, nadając im nowych właściwości. Owymi farbami są dwa znane już Portalu żele - niebieski i pomarańczowy. Niebieski powierzchnie działają jak trampoliny, natomiast na pomarańczowych nie działa siła tarcia i można się po nich prześlizgiwać z ogromną prędkością. Rozgrywka przypomina tę z oryginalnego Portalu z tym, że zamiast portalów umieszczamy w strategicznych miejscach żele. Mogłoby się wydawać, iż ich właściwości czynią grę zbyt łatwą, ale tak nie jest, a nowe łamigłówki rozwiązuje się równie przyjemnie co stare. Poziomy są tak zaprojektowane, że przechodzenie kolejnych testów to ciągle wyzwanie. Można się nawet pokusić o stwierdzenie, iż są nawet trudniejsze niż te z oryginalnego Portalu, ponieważ ich pokonanie wymaga nie tylko przemyślanego rozprowadzenia żelów, ale i wiele zręczności. Zdecydowana większość z nich została stworzona od nowa, aczkolwiek przyjdzie nam zmierzyć się z kilkoma komorami z oryginalnej gry, które tym razem rozwiążemy z pomocą nowego narzędzia. Powracają również działka strażnicze, strumienie cząsteczek, mosty energii, kostki towarzyszące i wszystkie inne znane z Portalu elementy testowe, współgrające z żelami tak samo dobrze jak z portalami. Jeżeli chodzi fabułę modyfikacji, to jest ona raczej uboga. Przemierzamy kolejne komory bez większego celu, ale jest tu tez kilka ciekawych momentów. Oprócz kilku nawiązań, które można by zliczyć z pomocą ubogiej w palce dłoni, nie jest ona powiązana z fabułą Portalu. Na szczęście zachowany został klimat oryginalnej gry, głównie za sprawą Nigela, sztucznej inteligencji, towarzyszącej nam podczas całego testu i komentującej go w pełen czarnego humoru sposób. W budowaniu klimatu pomagają również projekty lokacji, utrzymanych w większości w znanym z Portalu stylu. Trafimy również do kilku komór stylizowanych na otwartą przestrzeń, co jest pomysłowym i całkiem przyzwoicie wykonanym urozmaiceniem. Modyfikacja powinna zająć ponad trzy godziny.

Jednak Aperture Tag nie jest produkcją idealną. Nigel, który jest praktycznie jedyną postacią tu występującą, nie jest tak ciekawą postacią jak GLaDOS i nie zapada aż tak bardzo w pamięć. Również jego kwestie zostały nagrane w nieco gorszej jakości niż dialogi z Portalu, choć ciągle jest to przyzwoity poziom. Do tego mechanika gry działa nie bez zarzutu. Bardzo rzadko, ale jednak zdarzają się przypadki, w których nasza postać odbija się od powierzchni nie tak, jak tego oczekiwaliśmy lub haczy podczas lotu o jakiś źle umieszczony element otoczenia, co kończy się śmiercią. Takie niespodzianki przytrafiły mi się zaledwie kilka razy, ale nie mogło to ujść mojej uwadze.

Podsumowując, Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative to bardzo oryginalna modyfikacja, wprowadzająca zupełnie nową i oryginalną, chociaż wykorzystującą wiele elementów z Portalu rozgrywkę, zachowując również klimat oryginalnej gry. I chociaż produkcja posiada kilka niewielkich wad, to sprawdzi się znakomicie dla tych, którzy czuli niedosyt po zakończeniu serii testów z działem portalowym.

No entiendo el porque de las criticas negativas, probablemente sea porque aunque sea un mod, hay que pagarlo. A mi me ha parecido una extension realmente interesante. La pistola de geles es original, ademas funciona bien, los puzzles son inteligentes, y aunque intelectualmente no requieran demasiado, puede que haya que ser un poco habilidoso para completar la prueba. El nucleo Nigel que nos guia, como si fuera GLaDOS, tiene humor y es divertido, y el doblaje que tiene es correcto . Y la BSO es fantastica, muy al estilo de Portal 2.

Ademas de todo esto, el juego incluye cromos, creador de niveles in-game muy completo similar al de Portal 2 pero ♥♥♥ las modificaciones de pistola de geles y demas, una workshop llena de mapas para un jugador y tambien cooperativas...
Si te gusta el mundo Portal, haz el favor de comprarlo y no hagas caso a las criticas negativas... Cuando la gente tiene que aflojar un poco de pasta parece que pierden la cabeza...

Aperture Tag possui uma ideia interessante... Trocar a portal gun por a paint gun, tinta azul e laranja, assim como os portais.

Mas não cara... Esse mod não vale o preço a ser pago, *ele valeria a pena se fosse totalmente gratis. Digo isso porque os desenvolvedores deixaram muito a caprichar no jogo: Dublagem, cenarios, historia. Tudo é muito previsivel e artificial, principalmente a dublagem. Ate o final do jogo é MUITO previsivel.

Não recomendo a compra, pelo pouco que tem no mod, não vale a pena... Esse mod deveria ser GRATIS! se Portal stories: Mel é gratis, por que Aperture Tag que é muito inferior tem que ser pago?

*P.S: Em 2015, quando escrevi essa análise, eu não tinha noção do processo de criação de um mod/jogo, e como pode ser trabalhoso... Então sim, acredito que os desenvolvedores devam aproveitar e lucrar em cima do jogo... Porém, mantenho minha análise de que o game carece de um capricho extra.

类型：解谜
评级：4分（5分满分）

需要注意的是本作为传送门2的Mod，所以必须安装了《Portal 2》才能玩
游戏一方面沿袭了传送门系列的场景与关卡，一方面又另辟蹊径，将传送枪改为了凝胶枪。游戏中自带了工坊，可以自行开发mod。厉害了，mod作品中的mod呀这是。

本作共四大章节，前三大章节基本是传送门中关卡的复刻，即本体中出现过的关卡换成凝胶枪通关，难度比较低。第四大章共9关，乃是作者新设计的关卡，难度有所提升。
游戏包含动作要素，有些地方需要反复尝试，例如第三大章的结尾，有一个50s的纯动作限时通关环节，作为一名极重度手残，我玩了没有800遍也该有500遍了才顺利通过（微笑.jpg

*游戏中据说有许多彩蛋，在某些关卡中跳到奇怪的角落可以找到，我通关了才知道有这个茬，已经完全错过了。

*游戏过程中可能会对其保存机制产生极大意见——明明可以保存很多次，但是读档只能读最新的一条，令人抓狂。但我发现，实际上只要退出到主菜单再进入游戏，其切入的保存点应该是可以保证玩家正常通关的。
a. 如果执意想要重启关卡，可以按如下进行操作：在设置-键/鼠里打开调试控制台（debug console），回到关卡中，按esc正下方、1的左边的那个“`”键，输入“restart”回车。
b. 如果想要回卷到之前的任意保存点，可以找到游戏的这个文件夹：“\Steam\steamapps\common\Aperture Tag\aperturetag\save”，里面有个文件夹有“.sav”结尾的存储文件和相应的“.tga”结尾的图片文件，把里面东西备份一下，然后把你需要调出来的存档改名成“autosave.sav”或者最近一次存档的名字，再读档即可。（图片文件不用管）

*本作有两个结局。分别是：
一个结局是掉到火坑里，球球嘲讽几句就留下独自升天的你走了，另一个结局的开启是想法子将火坑关掉，最后你就可以笑着活下去了。第二个结局开启方法的提示↓
在最后一关中，想法子找到一个按钮，吧唧按下去就可以先把火坑盖上了。按钮位置的提示↓
一进关卡，右手边的那面墙在很远很高的地方有一个破洞，想法子进到那个洞里去，它通往按钮所在的房间。具体过去的方法我就不说了，总之不走寻常路。如果第二个结局不是看视频攻略知道的位置，我也不知道这奇葩地方我得找多久才能过去（白眼.jpg

总的来说，是喜欢解谜的玩家值得尝试的作品，音乐挺带感。

Этот мод заслуживает быть не только частью вселенной Aperture/Black Mesa, но и отдельной игрой.
Все выполнено на уровне, очень редко досягаемом модостроителями. Здесь и качественная музыка, и модельки, и дизайн уровней, и головоломки, которые являются настоящим испытанием вашей смекалки. Множество аллюзий на значимые культурные явления заставляют восхищаться разработчиками, а атмосфера, созданная ими, просто пропитана этим былинным "A cake is a lie".

Итог. Модификация стоит того, чтобы её купить.
9/10
P.S. В игре более чем одна концовка ;)

Это топ, просто топ!
3 часа прошли почти незаметно.

P.S. СТРОГО НЕ РЕКОМЕНДУЕТСЯ людям, которые любят ломать по часу свою голову над каждой тестовой камерой (аля Portal Stories: Mel)
Это что-то в духе Portal Prelude. Скорость, реакция и все в этом духе.

After playing the game through to completion, I can tell you right now that this is not worth your time. The paint gun makes puzzles FAR too easy, especially when they begin recycling levels from portal 2 itself. The voice actor I'm sure tried his best, but it was not good, I'm sorry, making the personality core sound like a shoddily modded dimwit. Also, the core is never actually used as a core. It could have remained unrevealed for the entire game and it would have felt no different.

Gameplaywise, I spent a considerable amount of time shouting at the gun's physics. Some levels require you to move quickly spraying gel in front of you, but the physics-based gel BARELY MOVES FASTER THAN YOU DO - as a result, you have to KNOW something is there and spray it long before reaching it or the gel won't register as it lands at the same time you hit. Fail to know, and the level - there's one specific level I'm griping about - becomes a chore where you have to memorize every single thing and prepare for it long in advance - before you can even SEE it.
Other than that, the gel idea just felt too lazy. The whole game felt too lazy. I have seen more effort put into many workshop maps on portal 2 itself.

Would I complain normally? No. But this mod actually has the gall to CHARGE MONEY. And when so many mods are out there that are FREE for Half Life 2, Portal, so on so forth - hell, the entire GAME of team fortress 2 being free, this mod is NOT worth any money, period. It is unpolished, buggy, feels VERY lazy the entire way through, and has a terrible ending that leaves you thinking "That's it?". It tries many times to crack jokes also in relation to the Cave Johnson style in Portal 2, but the bad voice actor coupled with terrible, very obviously poorly scripted dialogue makes it simply an annoyance.

Now, on the other hand, the music is fantastic. A++. Someone give the composers an award. It's one of the only reasons the mod remains playable with all it's issues, lame recycled art style, lame concept, bad dialogue, bad voice actor, bad physics reliance, etc. The music was beyond fantastic and I hope they release it for purchase or download or something.

I was also very impressed with the audio system that utilized speakers to send out music, which rather than simply having some strange background music playing in a game gave a bit more of a sense of immersion, as you know the core is playing the music and that it was intended as part of the level, while also giving the developers a chance to toy with the music using dialogue from the core too.

The only other thing that impressed me was a single plot twist, but personally, I do not find it enough to justify paying for this when so many games that are entirely free can out-match it on all levels.

All in all? DO NOT SPEND MONEY ON THIS. If they ever make it free, which they won't because they're probably getting a ton of cash right about now and don't frankly care, then it is worth it as an above-average mod. As a paid mod, which I can consider a full game? What else can I get for this price...

Well, you wait for a steam sale and literally every single game is as much or less than this mod...
The entirety of the tomb raider franchise is available, with each game costing the same or barely more than this mod...
Civilization 3 is cheaper, along with Binding of Issac, Plants vs Zombies, Half Life: Blue Shift...POSTAL...Half Life Opposing Force...Any of the sonic the hedgehog games (classic ones, which are great)... I'm just running through the list of games under $5 right now and finding ones I know are good. This mod at full price is $7.

DO. NOT. BUY. IT. As mentioned, if it's FREE, it's worth your time. If it's PAID, spend your money elsewhere. Do not support this new "money for mods" deal, because you know others will follow suit if this takes off.

Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative - первый платный мод к Portal 2, в котором нашим основным орудием становится пушка, стреляющая гелем.

В целом, с предложенными видами геля мы уже встречались. Это синий, заставляющий персонажа подпрыгивать, и оранжевый, ускоряющий нас на столько, на сколько это возможно. Но теперь мы сами решаем, какую стенку и каким гелием обмазать, а также где и какие пошлости нарисовать:) Идея достаточно оригинальна и по своему любопытна. Сложных задачек у разработчиков, к сожалению не вышло, но в паре мест пришлось чуток попрыгать.
Уровни частично взяты из оригинальных Portal 1 и Portal 2, хотя и подправленные под здешние реалии. Остальные же придуманы самостоятельно и в целом неплохи. Хочется чуть больше фантазии от платной модификации, но возможно это мои придирки. Интересным показался эпизод, где в течении одной минуты было необходимо бегать и прыгать с использованием гелевой пушки, чтобы сохранить свою жизнь. Прохождение его не является обязательным, но для полного удовлетворения желательно. Радуют наличествующие пасхалки и отсылки к оригинальным частям, а так же пара скрытых комнат и возможность получить альтернативную концовку. И вот ради нее уже придется немного попрыгать и подумать:)
Озвучка и музыка в игре приятная. При этом она написана специально для данной модификации и не сильно далеко отходит по стилю от оригинальной.

А теперь про минусы, их не так много, но они есть.
Первый минус - это сюжет. Вернее его практически полное отсутствие. Мы - один из многочисленных испытуемых в Aperture science, которому вручили не портальную пушку, а гелевую. В лаборатории небольшой хаос и поломки, но мы же тут ради испытаний, так что давайте пройдем их. В итоге, мы либо добираемся до финиша, либо нет. На этом игра заканчивается.
Второй минус - слишком и слишком много элементов, которые номинально присутствуют в комнате, но фактически нигде не используются и никаких загадок на их счет не связано. Ничего ни придумано с турелями, с преломляющими свет кубами, нет даже любимого кубика с сердечком. Почему это нигде не используется, кроме разве что пары банальных моментов, для меня осталось загадкой.
В целом, главный вопрос был "стоит ли данная модификация своих денег?". И мой ответ: "Да, стоит". В наличии у нас есть интересная идея и некоторое среднее количество контента, который в теории можно расширить за счет поддержки сообщества. Поэтому небольшую плату за проделанный труд получить можно. Просить больше со стороны авторов было бы уже кощунством, так что цена вполне адекватна:)

По 10-бальной шкале моего субъективизма данная модификация получает 7,5 баллов из 10. Было приятно вернуться в уже немного запылившиеся лаборатории Aperture Science и чуток удариться в ностальгию.

Чётко и ясно.
Это модификация для Portal 2, в которой игроков познакомят с новым героем, локациями, и новым устройством - красящей пушкой, на работе с которой и выстроен весь геймплей.

Очень красивый саундтрек.

Russian:
Конечно, игра оправдала не все ожидания. Некоторые головоломки требуют чисто "физической" ловкости, есть места, куда можно случайно пролить гель и потом пожалеть об этом... И еще у сопровождающего модуля странный голос. :) Вообще игра получилась интересной, но слишком короткой. Порадовали музыка и визуальное оформление!
Несмотря на некоторые шероховатости - рекомендую.
Ждем русских субтитров. :)

English:
The game doesn't come up to all my expectations. Some puzzles require purely "physical" dexterity, there are places where you can accidentally spill gel and then regret it... Also the accompanying core has strange voice. :) Actually the game was interesting, but too short. The music and visual design were pleasing!
So - I recommend.

P.S.: Looking forward for Russian subtitles. :)

Clevere Mod, die den Charme des Originals aufgreift und mit innovativen Rätseln punktet. Sowohl für Casual- als auch für Hardcore-Spieler geeignet. Mein Eindruck + 30 Minuten Gameplay.

Très bonne création que voila, Aperture Tag est un mod intéressant permettant d'apporter un peu de frai au milieu de toutes les créations publiées sur le Workshop. Certes payant, il reste à faire si vous avez aimé le jeu d'origine et si vous voulez découvrir une nouvelle facette de son gameplay. Et puis bon, ils ont même proposé une nouvelle version de l'éditeur de salles pour intégrer le "Tag-gun", et ça, c'est brillant !

Was it good? Kinda.
Is it worth $5? No.

If you're going to get it, get it on sale. Portal Stories Mel has much more content for free.

It's short but good, a little more than 3 hours for the story mode.
Wait for a sale if you don't intend to play the co-op and community maps, but otherwise it's worth it's price.

Jsem velký fanatik do Portal 2 a na tento mod jsem se hodně těšil protože do té doby žádný velký mod pro Portal 2 nevyšel jenom mapy ve Workshopu, bohužel se ale autoři rozhodli že by bylo fajn kašlat na logiku modů a svůj mod prodávat, pochopil bych to vývoj je náročný apod. jenže ale na Youtube slibovali že to bude free a pak udělali tento podraz.

Začnem od začátku mod sám o sobě není špatný fanouška Portal 2 rozhodně zabaví, má skvělé prostředí, dokonce se podíváte i na stará známá místa z Portal 2 a vyzkoušíte na nich úplně jiná řešení protože jak název napovídá, nyní se nebudou dělat portály do zdi ale bude se malovat jako místnost v bytě, puzzly potěší nejsou příliš lehké ani příliš obtížné (dokonce jeden celkem obtížný úsek můžete přeskočit asi pojistka proti nervozním hráčům co to chtějí mít hned), normálně bych řekl za 10/10 musíte si to zahrát a nazdar.

Jenže jak vidíte palec je dole a nyní řeknu proč, kromě cenovky je totíž doopravdy amatérský dabing, být to zdarma odpustím mu to ale protože je placený tak si prostě rýpnout musím, Black mesa Remake měl mnohem profesionálnější dabing a je zadarmo, dále herní doba pokoření hry, mě samotnému to trvalo celkem 6 hodin a to jsem se parkrát zaseknul v puzzlech, parkrát prochatoval s kámoši a dokonce procházel ten náročný úsek bez využití možnosti ho přeskočit, což na placený mod je to hodně žalostně málo a že to má coop? Klamavá reklama na Steamu sama o sobě co-op nemá spoléhá se totíž na svůj slavný Workshop který ale bohužel zeje prázdnotou, je sice už pár map ale za nic nestojí a jsou bugy v editoru a dokonce ani samotný co-op pořádně nefunguje, Cry of Fear nabídl herní dobu kolem 20 hodin plus doplňkovou kampaň plus co-op kampaň a dokonce i pár Custom kampaní s možností stáhnout další a to vše zadarmo, takže proto další mínus, o příběhu ani nemluvě sice jsem se párkrát nasmál ale je fakt na průměrné úrovni a ani po kotníky nesahá skvělému mappacku 12 angry tests natožpak samotnému Portal 2, o klišovitém odfláklém konci nemluvě, teda pokud se vám nepovede najít tajné zakončení, které je už o něco lepší ale i tak to moc nezachrání.

+ Výborné prostředí včetně známých míst z Portal 2.
+ Skvělý soundtrack
+ Pro mě celkem zábavné puzzly
+ Easter eggy a tajné zakončení hry.

- Není to zadarmo a plná cena 7€ je přemrštěná díky 1:1 dolar a EURO.
- Příšerný dabing místy to fakt nedalo poslouchat.
- Krátká herní doba.
- Průměrný příběh bez velkých zvratů.
- Polofunkční editor
- Nedostatek map na Workshopu (nedivím se viz. editor).
- V základu chybí co-op což je v rozporu poutáku na Steam Store.
- Chyby i v hlavním menu kdy občas zmizí tlačítko back a musíte se teda vracet klávesou ESC.
- Odfláklý Paint Gun při stříkání gelů.
- Core vůbec nemá animace při dialozích.

Původně jsem je chtěl zastat ale tohle nemohu přehlížet být to mod zadarmo neřeknu ale protože za to kasírují peníze a za peníze dostanete mod který je kvalitou stejný jako další průměrné mody které aspoň máte zadarmo když Black Mesa byla mnohem více na profi úrovni a zadarmo tak není divu že podemnou je tolik negativních recenzí, o to smutné je že autoři ještě mažou posty na forech kde se hráči ptají na freeware alternativu. Hodně doufám že tohle bude jen odstrašující příklad a že se další modeři neinspirují a nebudou za svůj mod o kvalitě nedej bože Half-Life Before taky chtít peníze protože to může znamenat konec modů zdarma tak jak je známe a budou stejné odpady jako dnešní DLC.

Pokud jste jo fakt velcí fanatici do Portal 2 jako já a všechny mody a mapy na Workshopu aktivně hrajete a chcete zkusit nový rozměr řešení hádanek tak si to pro mě za mě kupte ale raději si počkejte na hoodně velkou slevu nebo až bude zdarma, všichni ostatní dejte od ní ruce pryč a běžte si raději zahrát skvělý 12 angry tests nebo COSMOGONY na Workshopu zabaví mnohem více a zdarma.

Ok, I feel I have to make this review, difficult though it is.
Aperture Tag is a feld of contradictions, and I really am not sure whether to reccomend it or not, and whether or not to review it as a mod, or as a paid-for game, whether I should compare it to Portal or view it as a standalone. And furthermore, I'm not sure if I should review this as the big Portal fan I am, or just as a general gamer.
As gameplay goes, it is fun, that much is easy to say, the makers obviously have a lot of experience with Portal on the workshop most likely, and each chamber is fairly well finished. The puzzles are challenging to an extent, which is as it should be, and only being able to use gels does give an interesting element to gameplay.
As many have said before me, it does fall down a bit in areas like cohesive-ness. The general storyline is 'Here are some tests, solve them' which isnt bad in and of itself, but the problem is this is based off Portal, something well known for its good story, and was one of the main things that made the two games memorable. Additionally, there isn't that much of the gameplay, it's about the same size as the first Portal game. When compared to its big brother, it doesnt stand up because it simply can't, this is a mod, made by a few fans, and it shows through in places like the story, and how the core that shows you around is fairly badly recorded, and basically has a one dimensional personality. The references to Portal 2, even putting you in a few chambers from the game, and how 'Nigel' is a bad mirror of Wheatley show how it is straining to live up to the original in ways it never can.
But I'm nit-picking this in ways that some of you may think is unfair, I shouldn't compare it to the game because it is just a mod etc. But the problem is this isn't just a mod, if it were I would say A+++, and be done with it. No, the thing is you have to pay for this, which makes it a product, which means you have the right to have your say because you're paying for it.
At the end of the day however I just need to review this, so here it is: I enjoyed it, it was fun, challenging tests, new gameplay idea, great soundtrack courtesy of the ever brilliant Harry Callaghan, and for me as a big Portal fan I don't really regret buying it.
Yes, at times it has the slightly unpolished feel of something that belongs on the steam workshop rather than the store, and yes the story falls down a lot, but it's fun, which is what a game should be.
So, if you are a fan of Portal, and you're willing to pay this much, I would reccomend you do. If you are looking for a cheap puzzle game to spend a few hours on (only a few mind), then again, reccomend it. But if you are hesitant, or not that big a fan of Portal, or not that prepared to spend money on a mod, I wouldn't, go spend it on something you're sure of.

TL;DR Fun, challenging puzzles, bad story, short play-time: If you're a portal/puzzling fan, reccomend buying, if you're not, wouldn't reccomend buying.

The good: well executed concept, with maps that give you a real challenge and a thrilling soundtrack.
The bad: some mechanics are not explained clearly and may take a while to understand properly.
The ugly: some overlooked bugs and rare save-corrupting crashes.
Overall: 4/5

Great concept, but poorly executed: I absolutely love the idea of being able to shoot the two gels instead of portals and I enjoyed the puzzles. on the other hand, some aspects were a bit lazy such as the physics, rendering, voice acting, and character. I ALMOST loved Nigel, he seemed cool but in the end he had a really flat character. Is he likeable? yeah, I love him! but could he have been more likeable? yes. they really could've put more into him. and I see a lot of people bashing the voice actor but honestly I liked it, I liked his voice but they also could've edited it to make it sound more core-ish and less like he was using a 2 dollar microphone from eBay. Some specific issues are: while running on the orange gel or while falling/being launched by the blue gel, you move faster than the gel does. The gun itself, while visually appealing, looks low quality and badly rendered and it's the one thing that's in front of you face the entire game for pete's sake. the gel is slightly off from the reticle: I know this is because of ✨gravity✨ but they could've made the gel even a bit more centred to how you view the gun. In some levels, it autosaves right before I die and I have to re-do the entire chapter, to solve this consider adding the ability to load specific saves.

All in all, my only problems with this game are the absolute POTENTIAL that this game had, and that they charged money for it. I hate to compare mods, but Portal Stories: Mel doesn't cost any money and that mod by far had a much higher budget and more effort put into it and I think they could've either put more into this game or made it free. I'd recommend playing this game but I wouldn't recommend 7 bucks for it: it's worth your time but not your money.

What we absolutely need for this game is a redemption. In other words: either a sequel or a revamp. I'd love a sequel, maybe a co-op campaign even. If not a sequel, maybe a revamp where they keep the original game but just, yknow, make it better. Conclusion: I loved this game but there were some bad parts. not to say it has to be perfect but it could definitely be improved.

(by the way, where the hell did the dev team go?)

其实是个还不错的游戏，但是因为Portal Stories : Mel太良心了，于是本作相形见绌。但毕竟是新玩法，必须资瓷。
本作整体难度都不是特别高，但是其中有很多新鲜玩法，比如把箱子通过加速凝胶滑过去；先把箱子放地上，旁边铺上弹跳凝胶，自己从高处跳下来捡起箱子再弹上去；通过上下两面墙来回弹跳来加速（类似于Portal上下两面墙循环坠落加速……）。游戏里特地放了几个Portal2原版的关卡，向你证明：这些关卡不用传送门枪，用凝胶枪也一样能过！
游戏里经常出现光圈橙素这种饮料，好像我在MEL里也见过。到第四章以后，几乎每个关卡都有一个隐藏地点，可以通过各种方法花式跳过去，也算是这个游戏的乐趣之一。
游戏的最后一关不是很难，倒是中间有个限时的跑酷关卡又难又刺激，不明白为什么不把它当做结局。
音乐方面依然有Portal同人曲专业户Harry Callaghan参与（MEL的音乐也是他），质量有保证。不过还是比不上后来出的MEL的音乐制作更精良。
另外抱怨结局敷衍的朋友肯定是没打出True End（虽然比普通结局显然是更好，但是也不能称之“完美”）。还好我第一次玩就注意到并且打出True End了。正如前人所提示的，答案就在最后一关墙上的洞里。
要进入这个洞，首先要到上层有折射方块的那个平台那里。在平台下层，向对面墙上铺上弹跳凝胶，通过一次加速凝胶和弹跳凝胶的组合向后弹，在落点处提前铺上弹跳凝胶二次起跳，跳到一个有橙素饮料和马桶和光圈海报的平台（本关的隐藏地点），此时奈基尔会抱怨你是不是要上厕所什么的。从这里对着右边有洞的那面墙喷弹跳凝胶。然后再用加速凝胶和弹跳凝胶的组合往墙上的凝胶跳，经过一次撞墙反弹能够到达洞下面的最高的平台。然后用弹跳凝胶上去即可。不知道纯粹的描述大家能不能看懂，总之其实也不难的。
另外冲着有联机买的，但是官方没有联机合作关卡略显遗憾。
还有一个我最不能理解的设计，那就是不能任意读档，只能读最近一次存档？那我存这么多存档还有啥意义。幸好可以通过控制台load指令手动读档。

Самый лучший симулятор маляра, который я когда-либо видел. 10/10

不错的mod，换成凝胶枪的想法很有创意，撇开传送门2的光环，就算单独作为一个游戏也是中规中矩。
第一遍玩感觉对结局很不满，本来没想写评测的，直到我听说了这游戏有两个结局……
两个结局？？
把隐藏的结局打出来后，我决定来写个好评

Pros
+Good commentary and voice acting
+Fun chase scenes and puzzles
+Great custom textures
+Workshop Editor
+Humor involved
+ Two different endings
+Game lets you mess around freely with gel
+Secrets
+Places neatly into Portal lore

♥♥♥♥
-Little replay value, except for speedrunning

Overall Score: 9/10

Portal 2'nin modu olan Aperture Tag'in açılış sahnesinde, test deneği olarak seçilmiş ana karakterimiz Aperture Science Laboratuvarları'nın tuvaletlerinden birinde uyanır. İsimsiz karakterimiz biraz ilerledikten sonra Nigel isimli bir yapay zekalı test çekirdeği ile tanışır. Söylediğine göre, Nigel tesisten kaçış yolunu biliyordur ve karakterimizin de yardımı ile gerçekleşecek kaçış planları yapıyordur. Bundan sonra yapmamız gereken tek şey, tesiste bulduğumuz bir çeşit jel fırlatıcı silah ile önümüze çıkan zorlukları aşmalı ve oradan kaçış yolunu bulmaktır...

Başta da söylediğim gibi bu oyun Portal 2'nin bir modu fakat gerek prodüksyon kalitesi, gerek içeriğinin zenginliği gerekse de oynanış mekanikleri olsun bir moddan daha fazlası olmakla beraber kaliteli bir bağımsız oyun gibi hissettiriyor.

Oyun klasik bir kaçış hikayesini konu ediniyor, çok ilginç değil fakat yan karakter Nigel'ın olaylara espritüel yaklaşımı, sürekli gevezelik yaparak yalnızlık hissini ortadan kaldırması ve resmi Türkçe dil desteği hikayenin albenisi arttırmış. Bunların yanı sıra atmosferi destekleyen özgün müzikler de oldukça iyi.

Evet, hikayeyi ve teknik kısımları bir kenara bırakıp oynanış mekaniklerine gelecek olursak; Tıpkı orijinal Portal serisi gibi bu oyunun da türü FPS platform-bulmaca. Ama tek farkı ana oyunlarda kullandığımız portal silahı yerine etrafa hızlandırıcı turuncu jel ve zıplatıcı mavi jel fırlattığımız boya silahı. Bu silah oynanışı büyük oranda değiştirerek ana oyundaki temel bulmacalara yeni bir soluk getirmiş diyebilirim. Mod yapımcıları sadece ana oyundaki bulmaca ögelerinin nimetlerinden yararlanmak ile kalmamış, elimizdeki boya silahını en yaratıcı şekilde kullanmamız için en iyi alanı oluşturmaya çalışmış. Elbette ki kalite bakımından ana oyunun kalitesine ulaşamazlar fakat bulmacalar o tadı vermeyi başarmış.

SONUÇ

Üçüncü kez söylüyorum, bu oyun bir moddan fazlası olduğu için incelemeye değer buldum. Bulmaca oyunlarını seviyorsanız ve ana oyunları bitirdiyseniz kesinlikle istek listenize ekleminizi öneririm. Portal serisini çok sevdiğimden mi bilinmez ben oldukça eğlenceli vakit geçirdim. Kısa sürmesi ve indirim dönemlerinde 2 TL'ye kadar düşmesi de cabası. Ayrıca bu modu oynamak için Portal 2'nin Steam sürümüne sahip olmanız gerekli.

Aperture Tag - это платная модификация для Portal 2 от группы энтузиастов со... Связями :D
Поэтому буду рассказывать и снисходительно относится к некоторым погрешностям игры.

Модификация хоть и продается как отдельная игра, но требует именно установленной, а значит и купленной оригинальной Portal 2.

=== ГЕЙМПЛЕЙ ===

С чего хотелось бы начать? Первое что вас слегка разочарует так это графика. Все что вы видите на скринах магазина - рендер. В самой игре это выглядит гораздо скуднее даже на максимальных настройках графики. Но это на самом деле мелочи, на которые вы перестанете обращать внимание уже в первые пол часа игры.

Так же как в оригинальном portal 2 мы начинаем медленно обучатся игровым механикам. Но в этот раз, вместо портальной пушки у нас что? Правильно, не портальная пушка.

- Ты чертовски крут. Отлично пошутил... чувак
- Спасибо, я практиковался не первый год ^^ (Лирическое отступление с ураганом сарказма окончено)

В руках у нас ничто иное как красящая пушка! Ну вы ведь помните те жидкости, которые появились в Portal 2 начиная со второй половины игры? ВОООООТ. Ими теперь можно красить все что угодно и главное бесконечно :3 (Шутка про маляров прилагается)

Раньше у нас был синий и оранжевый портал. Теперь же таких же цветов краски:

1. Синяя - позволяет прыгать на ней как на батуте. Как вертикально так и горизонтально.
   
2. Оранжевая - позволяет двигаться находясь на ней в несколько раз быстрее.

И на этих красочках построена вся игровая механика. Кстати, порталы ваши здесь тоже присутствуют не переживайте :)
Краску эту можно разливать на все ровные поверхности, пол, стены, потолок. А просторы для того, чтобы залить все на уровне действительно впечатляют. При всех этих возможностях, мы все равно не можем пройти уровень не додумавшись до определенного алгоритма действий. А некоторые уровни и в правду удивляют тем, что проходятся крайне не банальными способами. Что еще хотелось бы отметить.. Хм, чего здесь не стоит делать, так это разливать краску как попало. Ведь стереть её не получится, а можно лишь одну залить другой. Порой я неправильно разлив краску много раз умирал, т.к в месте где хотелось стоять я начинал летать под потолок.

И игра всячески способствует вашему креативному мышлению. Так что если вы тугодум и любитель аркадных стрелялок , вам сюда лезть не стоит. Тут всего несколько простейших уровней, где все интуитивно понятно.

Особенно меня порадовали все уровни в главе "Декорации" это настоящий вызов для любого казуала привыкшего тыкать "X" когда скажут. Задания в этой главе кишат потом, кровью и десятками смертей.

Отдельное спасибо разработчикам следует сказать за старые камеры :) Точнее за те, которые мы уже проходили с портальными пушками. Сразу осознаешь новый геймплей, когда проходишь уже знакомую камеру иным способом, который, стоит отметить, тоже не из простых :)

=== СЮЖЕТ ===

Как такового его нет, а жаль. По всей видимости разработчики не хотели никоим образом изменять уже развившуюся историю событий оригинальных Portal. Поэтому они просто изобрели новую легенду про "В конце тебя ждет вкусная газировка".

На этот раз наш сопровождающий робот мужчина. С менее злорадскими шуточками, но с большой долей "Капитана очевидушки". Мы проходим камеры и слушаем нашего КЭПА. Все просто :)

В игре есть русские субтитры, но работают они криво, показывая текст раз через раз. Поэтому если вы не знаете английского языка, то будет тяжело понимать, что же говорит ваш "Второй гЛэДос"

Все такие же спрятанные места, куда прятались испытуемые до вас. Но в этот раз там больше юмора, ежели таинственных историй. Жаль, но мы же в начале обещали снисходительно относится к модификации? :D

=== МУЗЫКАЛЬНОЕ СОПРОВОЖДЕНИЕ ===

Кратко: На высшем уровне. Полностью сохранена атмосферная составляющая и стилистика оригинальных игр.

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Стоит-ли приобретать это дополнение?
- Безусловно

Стоит-ли модификация того, чтобы платить за нее 129 рублей?
- Я бы все 400 отдал

Вердикт - 8,5\10

Прошел я его достаточно быстро. Всего за 3.4 часа, но это отвлекаясь на пасхалки и ломание игры. Так этот мод можно пройти еще быстрее.
Ну начну, наверное, с плюсов данного мода:
1. Теперь вместо порталов, вам придется использовать гели.
2. Отличный саундтрек
Теперь начну со смешанных черт:
1. Сюжет. Ну что можно сказать о сюжете. Он не запомнится как сюжет портала, никогда не будешь грустить о том же Найджеле.
2. Дизайн уровней. Ну на троечку, хуже чем в портал 2 конечно, но все же.
3. Баги, ну их сложно назвать багами, но из-за их количества игру можно пройти немного облегченным способом. В некоторых местах это минус (можно застрять в трубе), в некоторых плюс.
Ну, а теперь заключение. Да мод мне понравился только благодаря новой механике и хорошему саундтреку. В принципе мод можно купить чисто для поддержки разработчиков или для коллекции, ибо данный мод только на 1 раз, если не трогать мастерскую.

Not as good as Portal 1 or 2. I know it's just a mod for Portal 2, however it has it's own story aswell as it's own gameplay. Overall it's enjoyable but the jokes fall flat, the narrator is boring and the story... what story? You won't even remember it after you finished the game.

However it's still fun to play, it has some mechanisms from Portal 2 that were further explored but even those can get boring pretty fast. The puzzles are enjoyable overall and you can pick from a huge variety made by the community. This must be one of the things that kinda "saves" this mod.

6/10. Worth buying on sale (usually is around 1€), not at full price.

It captures a feeling that Portal games got us used to but then it doesn't deliver what we are hoping for.

===[Audience]===
☐ Kids
☑ Everyone
☐ Casual players
☐ Pro players

===[Graphics]===
☐ Potato
☐ Really bad
☐ Bad
☐ OK
☑ Good
☐ Beautiful
☐ Masterpiece

===[Price/quality]===
☑ Full price
☐ Wait for sale
☐ Average
☐ Refund it if you can
☐ Don't do it

===[Requirements]===
☐ 90' PC
☑ Minimum
☐ Medium
☐ Fast
☐ High end
☐ NASA computer

===[Difficulty]===
☐ You just need 2 arms
☐ Ez
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Hard (first few hours)
☐ Dark Souls

===[Game time/length]===
☐ Really short (0 - 2 hours) (5 Minutes)
☐ Short (2 - 8 hours)
☑ Few hours (8 - 12 hours)
☐ Long (12+ hours)
☐ Endless

===[Story]===
☐ It doesn't have
☐ Still better than Twilight
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Fantastic

===[Bugs]===
☐ Game itself is one big BUG
☐ Bugs destroying the game
☐ Lot of bugs
☐ Few Bugs
☑ You can use them for speedrun
☐ Nothing
~~~~~~~
Graphics: ★★★★☆
Sound: ★★★★☆
Gameplay: ★★★★★
Music: ★★★★★
Overall: ★★★★★
~~~~~~~
What can I say... a Portal game without portals. Haters gonna hate, but it's a solid game! Even though there are no portals, it's still got a very portal-like vibe. I'm enjoying the game a lot, especially because the puzzles are so challenging!

Si eres fan de Portal, no puedes perderte este mod. Trae una idea innovadora para el jugador, presentando una nueva pistola, ya no de portales, sino, de "gel" o de "pintura" y ademas, un nuevo núcleo de personalidad llamado Nigel, muy simpático por cierto. También cuenta ♥♥♥ cámaras del Workshop, así que puedes disfrutar de la nueva pistola un poco mas. Se aprecia el trabajo y la dedicación de los desarrolladores, mis mas sinceras gracias por el gran trabajo realizado.

 O jogo é um mod criado pela comunidade, então não faz parte do enredo principal de portal ou canônico para a história.
 Mesmo sendo uma obra criada pelos fãs, o jogo é bem construído, possuindo um enredo e dublagem simples, mas o que mais me cativou foi os puzzles e as possibilidades criadas através dessa nova arma de gel.
 Vale muito a pena, principalmente em promoção, além de que há suporte a oficina steam, então há bastante tempo para se gastar extras.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second live for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☑ 8
☐ 9
☐ 10

Let's try to keep this short.

The game is based on Tag: The Power of Paint. It was a first-person puzzle game developed by a group of students from DigiPen that revolved around traversing a city using a paint gun to change the properties of the surfaces you sprayed. Valve noticed the team and put them to work on Portal 2. The people who have developed Aperture Tag are not the same as those who originally developed Tag. It becomes apparent very very quickly.

In Portal 2, you are seamlessly introduced new game mechanics to work with, in a safe environment. In Aperture Tag, you can die in essentially every level while it’s missing the subtleties that Portal enrolled to keep the player on track. Information is missing where there should be some.

As for story, there isn’t much. There is a voice actor which is appreciated. They throw in some lore here and there. Though there is no sense of atmosphere. It feels like random bits of Aperture brought together in a non-cohesive manner. A lot of the parts are there, just not pieced together properly.

To end on a lighter note, there are some good elements. There is an escape sequence which despite the number of deaths and shotty gel mechanics in motion, is a fun sprint. The other thing worth acknowledging is how it is rather polished. While I didn’t try my hardest to break any of the levels, they all function as intended and have a clean finish. Plus it did last between 2-3 hours which isn’t too bad.

Regardless, in the end, I cannot recommend it. While it’s price tag is fair, it is missing a lot of the nuances that made Portal 2 and Tag: The Power of Paint great. So just go play the original again.

由原先的传送门枪变成凝胶枪,换个玩法就能产生很多有趣的创意.
关卡总体难度不是太大,稍微思考一下便可明白.
特别要给这个MOD的音乐给好评,音乐简直太赞了!
作为一个Portal粉,表示比较值得的.
另外这个mod也支持创意工坊地图,有兴趣的也可以体验下.

I wouldn't complain about this mod if it were free, but charging for it doesn't make sense. It's significantly lower quality than a lot of free mods (Time Machine and Mel for example) and feels uninspired like the creators weren't actually into Portal as a series. The more difficult puzzles, as other reviewers have said, are based more on fake difficulty like requiring timing or luck over actually figuring out complicated solutions.

To put it simply, it's good, but not worth selling. Got tired of it fast even though I didn't pay for it myself.

I played this for a few hours and it's buggy, incomplete, most of the puzzles require actually doing the objectives, you can typically just blue gel off a couple ledges and bounce yourself to the end. The main voice is identical to how it sounds in the second video if you want a preview; it doesn't really feel like I'm even in anything related to Aperture Science at all as far as aesthetic goes. You can download the same number of hours in content for essentially the same thing playing a wide number of the PeTI maps that over-use gel, especially any ones made in Hammer. Because of that, this really isn't worth the money. If you don't mess around and just do the puzzles, I imagine it's maybe 6 hours of gameplay. At $6.99 you're paying more than a dollar per hour of content.

Deal breakers
-Voice acting
-Writing/story & lack thereof
-Tests aren't blue-gel shortcut proofed
-Fizzler doesn't always disable your gel gun, which causes serious game-breaking issues
-More than an hour of hand-holding for puzzles, including portions where the VA gives you a turn-by-turn, literally, on one of the levels

Deal makers
-The map design is thoughtful: there are a few, albeit non-interactable, ratman lairs and such
-A good couple handfuls of the tests can't be bypassed completely with just blue gel, as far as I've playtested
-You can get like $1.00 back selling the Steam trading cards, while this is new, at least

You thought that Portal was all about Portals? Well think again.

This game breaks the norm and makes a Portal themed game that's all about the gels. Apart from being creative it's actually very fun and worth the money. My only complaint is that it's short

It's not a bad mod, but because it has a price tag I cannot trully recommend it. I want more from a mod that costs money. I personally did not enjoy this mod as much as I enjoyed others mods available for free. I'd like to make a neutral review, but since it's not an option, let me say «yes».

Twórcy naprawdę się postarali. Trzeba się nagłówkować, aby przejść level. Z początku się spodziewałem krótkiej fabuły jednakże miło się zaskoczyłem. W grze są nawiązania do mapy z portal 2... Naprawdę zachęcam do kupna!!!

　おすすめにしていますが人を選ぶmodであると感じました。Portal GunのかわりにPortal2本編で登場したオレンジと青のジェルを自分で撒いて進めていくゲームでアクション性がやや高めです。BUKKAKEが大好きな人は是非購入しましょう。ただし白ジェルは出てきません。
　ゲーム自体の発想や見栄えは非常に良く本家にも引けをとらないものですが、謎解きの過程でマップの作りの甘さが非常に目立ちます。妙なポイントでのスタック、数ユニット程度の幅の見えない段差による空中停止、コース外ルートと見せかけたただの奈落などにより手動リスタートや自殺を余儀なくされる「詰み」の地形が多数存在します。また、ジェルの塗り方が甘いと思ったとおりの挙動をしてくれない場面もあり、何度かやりなおしをさせられることもあります。私にとってはPortal2がいかに洗練されたゲームなのかを再確認するためのゲームでした。
　ただし、こちらもPortal2と同様にWorkshopで個人が作成したマップもたくさんあるようなので、上記の問題点をきちんとクリアして計算しつくされたマップも存在するでしょう。むしろ本編よりもそちらに楽しみを見出すためのゲームなのかもしれません。

퍼즐게임이 너무 자유로워도 좋지 않다는걸 보여주는 모드입니다.

그냥 완전히 다른 게임과 배경으로 나왔다면 차라리 괜찮았지 않았을까 생각됩니다.
(이 모드의 스토리는 포탈과는 완전히 상관없습니다.)

그리고 방을 이동할때 보여주는 경치(?)가 너무 무의미하고 길어서 시간낭비를 좋아하는 분들만 이 게임이 마음에 들겁니다.

차라리 무료였다면 그나마 괜찮게 평가가 될 것 같습니다.

The most helpful reviews say it's not worth your time, and I say thank you for your opinion, but I have my own. When I played Portal 2 the thing I loved the most was messing around with the gels. Speeding, jumping, speeding and jumping - once you get that airtime you want more and more of it. That's where Aperture Tag comes in as a unique mod that bends the well-known Portal gameplay into something completely new. It's still Portal, but virtually without portals.

What you get here is a gun that shoots blue and orange gels, and in most levels you can spray as much of either gel as you please and go crazy with it. Yes, there are a few technical flaws, e.g. the goo you shoot for some reason comes out a couple centimeters below the crosshair, which is a bit annoying, or the buggy autosave system - I once had to use cheats to noclip back to a platform when loading the autosave (you can't restart the level) would always propel me straight into acid. I chose, however, to ignore those flaws and had a great time messing around with the gel gun. Having played a lot of Portal in my life I found the levels, the gun and the whole concept very refreshing. From my point of view, Aperture Tag displays high quality all around, including the voice acting. I don't know why so many comments, reviews nag about it being "annoying" - I think the actor did an outstanding job, and as for 'annoying', I always found our 'beloved' original Wheatley just as annoying. I think it's in these robots' nature to sound like that.

The controversy about this mod having a price tag... I understand why some folks may be upset about having to pay a few euros for a community mod that one can complete in about 5 hours, but as I was playing those levels, I realized how clever they were and how much actual effort one needs to put to create a puzzle, especially of Portal-like caliber. And again, since we're using a gel gun instead of a portal gun, I believe you also have to think differently when creating such puzzles. So in my mind 4 euros is not a big price to pay, or .80 eur if you wait for a sale. It's like a small token of gratitude for the devs.

So yeah, I definitely recommend this if you have some spare change - shooting gels in Portal levels is a whole new experience. Hm... after painting those walls I'm starting to think my home walls could do with a bit of repainting too.

when i ordered blue paint to ship to my house it wasnt bouncy. Very dissapointing Home Depot. VERY dissapointing

Portal 2 modu ancak portal gun yok(portallar var tabiki) paint gun var.Sınırsız mavi ve turuncu jel ile bölümleri geçmeye çalışıyoruz.

Türkçe altyazıda var.Böyle paralı moda can kurban.

Açıkca söylemem gerekirse bu modu portal 1, portal 2 ve diğer bütün modlardan (Rexaura, Portal Stories: Mel, Thinking With The Time Machine) daha da çok hoşuma gitti. Nedenini tam olarak ben de bilmiyorum ama sanırsam jel silahı portal silahından daha çok etkileyici ve güzel olması, diğer portal oyunlarından ve modlarından daha çok beğenmemi sağladı. Mod hikaye açısından Portal 2 oyunun devamı niteliğinde olması bunun cabasıydı diyebilirim. Oyunun aynı zamanda 2 farklı sonu var. Uzun lafın kısası mod şu an 10 TL olmasına rağmen indirimlerde her zaman %80 indirime girerek 2 TL oluyor ve düşünmeden alın. Pişman olmazsınız.

Updated April 2, 2015
Aperture Tag is an interesting mod, lacking some polish and quality. Still, the mod was enjoyable and worth playing. I picked the game up just short of $5US and felt satisfied. The later sections felt weaker, but I wanted more by the finale.

The major criticism is, the game is not "there", not polished and ideal. Voice acting left a lot to be desired. Honestly, I picked it up as a fan of Harry Callahan's music, and a fan of Portal. The music is pretty great, but attaching it to in-level speakers means the volume is very inconsistent. Having your ears blown out by standing near the speakers is realistic, but the difference between max volume and minimum is too much. Maybe it's tied to Source, but I'd like to see the volume rebalanced.

Gameplay has some neat elements, but I think being gel-focused makes puzzles too limited. There were some times I thought "Was that the solution?" as the technique I used didn't seem intentional. Gameplay is less thoughtful than Portal, with more platforming puzzles. Gel is easy to apply everywhere, compared to limited portal surfaces in Portal. The ability to coat most levels in gel allowed several boundary glitches and shortcuts. I was hoping for more interesting levels, as many were very flat in layout, where vertical challenges would've been nice. Workshop support does help to add more content, but that still doesn't add to the story. I feel like there must be more to the storyline, and I'd like more story content added.

As some new Portal mods are coming out, this mod is facing some stronger competition. Thinking With Time-Machine is interesting, but still lacks elements to justify a price. Considering the control scheme is a stickied post in their forums, they failed to ease players into the new mechanics. Portal Stories: Mel and Conversion have yet to release, but could be the mods to rival Valve's quality. Aperture Tag approaches Valve's style and still works on its own.

A bit better story, stronger voice acting, and some level fixes would go a long way to make this game greatly appealing. Although the middle-section of the game approached boring, the ending left me begging for more. It's probably 4 hours long for most, with a good price-per-hour and enjoyment value. I'd like to see Valve show some stronger support for the mod, maybe connecting it to an ARG to show some information for Portal 3, but that's just a dream and a wish. But THAT would get me excited. For what is available here, it's decently enjoyable. Understand that it's not Valve's level of polish and quality.

How disappointing.

At first I was really looking forward to this game as I enjoyed both Portal games a lot and coop in Portal 2 was great. The price is quite high for such a short game (and a mod at that) but I really thought it would be worth it. Oh how wrong I was.

I played just under three hours now, the first 30 minutes I spent adjusting the settings (who the ♥♥♥♥ uses a default resolution this low? - ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up all my windows) and trying to play coop. The almost complete absence of coop maps was a pretty big letdown, the two maps that were working were awfully short. Also the host using the portal gun was somehow missing his weapon, I as player two was shown using the paint gun.

After that I decided to give the single-player campaign a try. The graphics are somewhat mediocre, not terribly bad but far from excellent (those fugly turrets, seriously).
Don't get me started on the voice acting. The original Portal games featured _amazing_ voice acting, some of the funniest ♥♥♥♥ I've ever heard in a video game. And then there's this crap. Some dude with a speech impediment trying to emulate GLaDOS and failing miserably. After roughly the third or fourth test chamber I seriously considered muting the game because it sucked so bad.
Gameplay. Well. I think the basic idea is pretty good as I quite enjoyed the chapters using gels in Portal 2 and most of the puzzles were quite enjoyable but ♥♥♥♥ that jumping. I HATE jumping puzzles in FPS games and for example in chamber 3 there's a rather small margin of error and I died quite a few times over the course of the game.
In my opinion the puzzles were somewhat unique although, having played through Portal 2 two or three times, a lot of elements were familiar and as such not terribly difficult.
Which brings me to my next complaint. It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ short. Not even close to the five or six hours mentioned elsewhere, two and a half at most. The story has little replayability and there's no multi-player content so that's it. Three hours, five bucks. Killing Floor is five bucks (on sale) and I have nearly 700 hours played there, just for comparison.
Also the end. Seriously guys. You think that's a proper ending? I won't post any spoilers here but I will say it's pathetic.

Bottom line: do not buy. At least not at this time, with an official coop campaign included it may be worth it.

Вот и прошёл я эту игру. Остался даволен игрой, хотя минусов тут хватает. Ну хотелось-бы упамянуть про сохранения и во время скоростных прохождений не всегда почему-то срабатывал гель, хотя он был нанесён. А так для фанатского мода очень даже интересно и качественно! Пишут: очень короткая, можно пройти за 1 час. Ну так играйте сами а не смотрите прохождения!!! А то посмотрят как пройти а потом пишут: прошёл за час, зря потратил деньги игра г.... Я потратил на прохождение 2,5 - 3 часа, а потом ещё 1,5 часа на один долбаный уровень, что-бы увидеть долбаную вторую концовку.

Portal 2のMod扱いなのでプレイにはPortal 2本体の所持・インストールが必要。
日本語化は現在Steam Translationで行われているので、翻訳が済んだらデフォルトで追加されるはず。
Portal 2本編のポータルガンの代わりに、バウンドするブルージェルとスピードが上がるオレンジジェルを照射するペイントガンを使ってパズルを解いていき、それに従い本編とは問題の解決方法が異なってくる。一部、本編で出てきたテストチェンバーも出てくるが、ポータルガンを持っておらずポータルを作って移動したりキューブを手に入れることができなくなったので他のやり方でテストを解かなくてはならない。アクション寄りの箇所もあり。
ボリューム的には3～4時間程度の内容で、オリジナルサウンドトラックとフルスピーチの新キャラが登場するのでModとしてはそれなりに豪華。ただ、市販品として見るともうちょっとボリュームと手ごたえのあるパズルが必要だったかも。
またレベルエディター・ワークショップにも対応。

90% off 入手 非常超值

-優點
跟另一套知名MOD"Time machine"比起來 關卡較耐玩
配樂 旁白等等都很專業

-遊戲介紹
這是一款基於熱門第一人稱益智遊戲"Portal"系列所開發的收費MOD
遊戲中所使用的工具不再是Portal Gun
而是在本傳故事中 先前試驗者所使用的"Gel Gun"
一開始會使用的是故事裡應用於減肥為了讓食物能彈跳減少吸收的藍色塗料
過了幾關之後才會使用應用於減少食物吸收 讓食物快速通過腸胃的橘色塗料

若你發現卡關太久...那就是你用錯方法了...千萬不要以為這遊戲怎麼那麼Hard core
(沒錯...講的就是在下我...最後是靠0誤差的高技巧過關 過完才發現犯蠢了...)

本人只玩到這邊 之後會更新
to be continued...

Итак, перед вами первый в истории платный мод на портал. И хотя я с самого начала понимал, что этот факт ничего не говорит о качестве модификации, мне так и хочется сейчас крикнуть что-то вроде "вот Portal Stories бесплатен, а на порядок круче!". Однако я постараюсь быть объективным. Скажу только, что, несмотря на низкую стоимость, своих денег мод точно не стоит.

Начну с того, что Aperture Tag - не головоломка, а скорее аркада с элементами головоломки. Решения, как правило, элементарны по сути, но очень сложны в реализации. Некоторые уровни вообще требуют от игрока только реакции и терпения. Добротные головоломки присутствуют, но их можно пересчитать по пальцам. В остальных же вас ждут бесконечные унылые попытки допрыгнуть или добежать до чего-либо. Хотя, камеры из оригинальных игр без портальной пушки проходить было очень даже весело.

Сюжет в игре скорее отсутствует. Посредственно озвученный модуль персональности будет осыпать игрока малозначимыми фразочками с многократно избитыми или просто плоскими шутками, а в конце игры будет просто конец игры. Единственное, в чём можно отдать ребятам должное - не каждый мод может похвастаться двумя возможными концовками. Пусть они и просто концовки.

Что касается технической реализации, Aperture Tag, вероятно, худший портальный мод. То дырка в стене, выглядящая то ли секреткой, то ли проходом дальше, оказывается входом в затекстурье, из которого нельзя выбраться; то после просмотра видеоролика с каким-нибудь наложенным эффектом, будь то выкрученная палитра или глитчи, эффект не пропадает, пока не перезапустишь игру. А с учётом того, что в игре нельзя загрузить сохранённую игру (есть только кнопка "продолжить"), иногда мелкая ошибка приводит к тому, что приходится переигрывать половину главы.

Ну да ладно. Что мы имеем в итоге? Неплохую, но не шибко хорошо реализованную идею; геймплей на три-четыре часа, лишь треть которого приносит удовольствие; совершенно пустой сюжет. У меня очень смешанные чувства. Будь мод бесплатным, я б его, скорее, рекомендовал, но стоит ли платить за это деньги? Я сомневаюсь. Если и покупать - то только с очень большой скидкой и только тем, кто уже прошёл остальные моды и не насытился.

TL;DR: Solid mod, buy on sale only, if you want more or want to play it when it's full price then just go play Tag.

Ah, Aperture Tag. The black sheep of Portal mods, if for no reason other than the price attached to it. A mod that costs money - this must be a phenomenal, top-of-the-line mod, right?

...no.

As with my old-as-hell Portal Stories: Mel review, I'm going to start off with the plot.

This game presumably takes place after the events of Portal 2 (all the old chambers are retrofitted with components to aid the paint gun) but to some point where GLaDOS is either spontaneously dead again or just doesn't care about tests outside of the Cooperative Testing Initiative... yet the Human Vault is open still? Ok, sure, whatever, I can handwave something relatively minor like that. You're the first (unnamed) test subject for a testing core named Nigel, and you're participating in the Handheld Gel Testing Initiative. Simple enough, right?

Somehow, they _still_ manage to trip and fall.

!!!Spoilers for the plot beyond here. Skip ahead if you care.

The core of my issues with it stem from Nigel. Seeing as he is the core administrating the test, he's all we interact with for the duration of the campaign. For much of the game, his writing comes off as a less funny GLaDOS crossed with the announcer voice lines and none of the deadpan delivery that made these two work, sometimes even outright ripping off a good amount of the jokes (a lot of the 'fill out the appropriate paperwork after the test' setups and punchlines). He's at his best when not trying to be something else, which unfortunately isn't too much of the game.

The main bone I have to pick with him is regarding how his portrayal in the context of the lore of Portal actually makes him less interesting. One of the 'core' points about the cores is the more human sounding the voice, the more human (and less cold/robotic) the personality and character (think Wheatley, or GLaDOS in Portal 1 vs. the end of Portal 2). Nigel's voice is pretty much unfiltered, which you'd think would mean he's the most human character going in this version of Aperture.

He. Never. Deviates. From. Protocol.

Even though he clearly cares some amount for you and for doing a good job in his testing duties (congratulating you after finishing the testing-required message), he still rigidly adheres to protocol, such as berating you at the end of some tests (I believe the main example is the second chamber of chapter 4, which involves scrutinizing you for taking too long trying to solve; however, I could be wrong about the specific chamber). Not once does he break from the script - the alternate ending (if you take the secret path in the final chamber and hit the button first before proceeding) leads to him sending you no closer to the surface. Given that he should be (on paper) the most empathetic core around, you'd think he'd prioritize your wellbeing at least once, but nope. This makes for a rather large disconnect between how he's presented in the context of Portal's established storytelling and what we actually get - a boring, disembodied-for-most-of-the-game voice that spends most of its time cracking bad jokes.

!!!End of spoilers for story.

Now, as for the level design... it's decent. Levels never feel mezzanine; it's just as clear to spot important areas and objectives as the base game. Due to the fact you can now put gel on the majority of surfaces, it should be no surprise that there are a lot of alternative solutions to each puzzle - and this is where the fun is, finding these shortcuts and shaving as many seconds as possible. It never feels like it's pushing it too difficult (which is unfortunate, seeing as there's no additional content past the campaign - but I'll get to that), but some of the solutions felt reasonably clever (for instance, the puzzle in Chapter 4 requiring you to shuffle a laser and 3 cubes) and the possibility of most given solutions being cheese solutions still manage to make you feel smart. However, the lack of difficulty means that it clocks in at only a few hours on a first go - and even less for subsequent playthroughs. Furthermore, where the early tests are about navigating an environment, the later tests are slow as molasses, involving sitting in excursion funnels, lethargic setups, etc. The OST names also seems to suggest that some more interesting movement chambers ended up on the cutting room floor, which is unfortunate.

!!!Spoilers past here.

The most fun part of the game is the end of Chapter 3: the ALSSER escape, in which you shut down an (ultimately fake and meaningless) reactor through a tight 50-second escape sequence. It's fun! It requires you to think on your feet and just _go._ It takes full advantage of both mobility gels very well and is still incredibly satisfying to play through each time because the challenge isn't cerebral - it's about parsing and navigating an environment as fast as possible under a serious time crunch. And save for 3 or 4 other tests across a 27-map campaign, it's the only time you get to move fast.

Also, the game doesn't have a bossfight. Period. It seems to me like we could have slipped a Nigel fight in after he realizes you closed the pit of fire - maybe he could snap at you for ruining what was supposed to be a perfect first test? Maybe the empathy suppressor (which is canonically a thing, according to the turrets investment opportunity trailer) in Nigel finally kicks into overdrive and tries to make him kill you, forcing you to reach him and deactivate it bit by bit? There's a lot of ways you could take that, and I came up with those two (trying to stay consistent with what little of Nigel's character we got) in a few minutes. This is also the thing the OST song title was alluding to - the final track on it by Harry101UK (#24, Confrontation) implies there was supposed to be a boss fight, but it simply got scrapped.

!!!End of spoilers for level design.

The soundtrack is phenomenal, not much to say here. Anything Harry101UK touches turns to gold, and this OST is no exception. Some of my favorites include tracks 18 (Boots), 3 (Keep it to Yourself), and 21 (Certifiably Insane), and many more that would be too long here (which, coincidentally, includes pretty much the entire soundtrack). Additionally, All These Walls is a great song to end the mod with, complete with some symbolism in how Aperture (something that can already be drawn as an allegory for capitalism, throwing caution and ethics to the wind in the name of money) traps those within.

Now, you might be saying: why am I so harsh on Aperture Tag? It's just a mod, of course the quality isn't to the same level as the base game!

Of course, the issue is the price tag.

I'd recommend this mod as a fun diversion (because it is) and an interesting spin on many of the elements used in the base game (again, because it is), but I simply can't because it costs as much on sale as Portal 1. Even on sale, it still costs more than Rexaura, Portal Stories: Mel, Thinking with Time Machine, etc., but doesn't hit that higher level of quality or amount of content as those other mods. The puzzles are too easy to slow down the pace of the game (even on a first go) and it lacks the additional modes like time attack and such from the base game. The only source of replayability is the workshop. Granted, these are a bunch of fun to play through (because they actually take full advantage of the mechanics on display here), but it's still lacking compared to other mods (that are also free, to boot).

If the idea of coating things in gels sounds up your alley, I'd recommend the original game that both Portal 2 and Aperture Tag draw inspiration from: Tag: Thee Power of Paint[arcade.digipen.edu].

A good "side story" for Portal 2.
Kinda sucks that you have to pay for it.

Portal2に登場した2色のジェルを使って進めていくパズルゲーム
演出やチェンバーもPortal本編と同じくらい力がはいっていて面白かったです。
ただ、結構難易度が高いチェンバーがあったりします。
CSシリーズにあるsurfを使う場面があるので苦手な人には難しいかも
Portal2を持ってないと起動できないので注意。個人的にはオススメです

Портал без порталов, но зато с гелями.

Со времен 6 главы Portal 2 моей мечтой была возможность "распространять" гели везде где только можно и хорошенько с этим поразвлечься. И вот, моя мечта осуществилась!
Этот мод вполне мог бы сойти за отдельную игру, к тому же он прекрасно дополняет вселенную Portal.
Много отсылок к оригинальной игре, включая даже то, что нам придется пройти парочку старых тестовых камер, которые мы встречали в Portal 2 (и даже в первой части).
Как в оригинале - прекрасный и подходящий обстановке саунд.

Игра просто до безумия понравилась, фанатам Portal особенно советую.

It's an insult to charge money for this mod, when larger, infinitely better mods (Portal Stories: Mel) are available for free. Further more, I found this mod frustrating more than anything else. On the last puzzle I tried I had to try a jump about 30 times before finally making it. I've played about a hundred different community levels for Portal 2, so I know my way around the game. When a puzzle is so finely tuned to doing an action within a few milliseconds in order to succeed, I find it more frustrating than fun. This mod was just frustration upon frustration, without a single element of actual fun. It's definitely not worth the money, and it became the first game I've actually requested a refund for.

★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

Portal2の続編 非公式

MOUSE1で青ジェル
MOUSE2で赤ジェル
を発射する銃を使った謎解き

【良かった点】
PortalやPortal2にはないPortalっぽさをうまく表現できている(と思う)
かなり難しいチェンバー
けどPreludeよりはマシでいい感じに難しい
(Preludeは自分はnoclip使いました)
ボリュームは十分
Workshop対応
自作ステージでAnd Or Notなどの論理機構が使える(Portal2にもほしい)
あまりバグらしいバグはない
オートセーブ多め


【悪かった点】
字幕なし(英語すら)
死にゲー
チェンバーの概要がわかりづらいところが幾つか
セーブスロットが存在するのにロードできるのは最新のものだけ
ステージがちゃんと作りこまれてないところがいくつかあって理不尽な死が待ち受けてる
BAD END


【その他】
surf使うところが出てくるのでCSSなどのゲームをやってない人にはおすすめできない
Portal好きならセール来たら買おう
このくらいならお金払ってもいいとは思う
途中に出てくるSkipボタンを押すとそのチェンバーをスキップしてしまうので初見で押さないようにしましょう

I remember when I first played Portal 2. It was the christmas of 2011, when I got myself the Portal bundle for just 5€, and that opened my eyes: the perfect game. I loved every second of it. So when I first heard of this mod, I was pretty excited: portal 2, but with a new story and a new gameplay. That could work. But it didn't. Let's see why.

This game started to bother me even before I pressed the "play" button: 5€ for a mod? A MOD? Not a standalone title? I mean, you need Portal 2 to play it, so its clearly a mod. And its into the Portal universe, so its a mod. But 5€. Oh well, some people spent time on it, so I guess its kinda fair. But that was me talking before I finished this game.

As soon as I started, the first thing I notice are the well done animations. Some of them looks very good, and are completely new and not recycled from the Portal 2 game. But that's only for the first 20 minutes of the game, after that they just went "screw this" and started using models and stuff from the game.
The new models goes to "meh" to "is this Ricochet". The vending machine had the worst texture I've ever seen, and I was running this game on High settings. Why did I said the vending machine? We'll see later.

Same goes for the model of the Paint gun. It looks like some kid game you can get at BIG BUY for 5 dollars, all plasticky and with some gel in it that looks so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fake. Also, do you remember how was holding a Portal gun? When it shooted portals? How the animations tricked you thinking that you were in the game, shooting these portals? Well, this game can fail this task too by giving no shooting animations whatsoever to this terrible Paint gun, making it look like a DOS game from the early 90s. But that was the 90s. This is frikin' 2014.

In Portal 2 to solve a puzzle or kill a turret you had to think, to make a strategy. To use your brain. Here to kill down a turret its like a shooter: aim and boom, just shoot some blue gel at it and watch it bounce. Really had to use my brain there.

The puzzles are way too easy. Most of them doesn't even take too much time to solve, all the times goes to repeat the same thing over and over until you get to the platform you want because MOVING YOUR CHARACTER AROUND WITH THIS GEL ITS FRIKIN' IMPOSSIBLE. There was not a single moment in the game where I felt like I was controlling the character properly. She was just bouncing around and then straight into the water. Reload from the last checkpoint and start again. Terrific.

A little talk about the new turrets: they look.. terrible. I know they wanted to make them look like a 50s version of the turret, but those are just 2 pieces of metal with a tommy gun on it. They're so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ugly and useless. But at least I give them credit for trying.

The story is probably the worst part. You wake up in the same way of Chell in Portal 2 (kind of) and you get yourself the Paint gun pretty soon. You don't know whats going on for most of the time. Just solve some test, and then keep going. Until you find yourself at the end, where you have to solve the last test to get some Orange juice (some rip-off of the cake from Portal 1) that they mention.. what? 2 times maybe? In portal 1 they mention the cake pretty much each room. In the end you really wanted that cake, even if you weren't hungry. They build some repetitive propaganda that made you want that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cake. Here they just mention this orange cola 2 or 3 times maybe. Oh yea, you're at the end, now you're gonna get it. I don't even care.
There's no narrative whatsoever. Everything its just random. No one or nothing explain to you what's
going on. Chapter 1 its boring and slow. Chapter 2 starts pretty fun, but then gets repetitive very soon, Chapter 3 its the same as chapter 2, without the final zone, the time trial puzzle. I swear it, if the game was gonna end it with that, I whould have feel accompliced. Really. But no, chapter 4, some rip-off of the Thruman show, with fake ambient zone. Relatively useless. Same goes for the 2 finals. Unsatisfactory as hell.

They also keep throwing at your face stages from Portal 2 like "hey, do you remember this part of Portal 2? It was really fun. Now watch that for the next couple of minute while you're being sucked into a tube that its leading to the next stage really slowly with no dialogue."
Yes, I know I'm playing a Portal game, I am Portal fan, I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I'M PLAYING THIS GAME. THANKS.

Another thing about Portal 2 was the speed and the fluency. Sure, you had to stop for a while into a test chamber, thinking your way out of it, but once you where done, you just had to take an elevator and get to another chamber. Here the pipe its sooo slooow and sometimes you have to do some bullcrap to get to the next test that its just boring. It only has one fast moment, that of course is the speed map. That was probably the only fun and memorable part of the game. The 50 second map. In a 3 hours game.

The characters, if we can call them that way, are blank. The protagonist, some retextured version of Chell with a mason-suit, has no personality. No backstory. No-nothing. She's just there.
Same goes for the Core, Nigel, if I remember it right. Yea, because they didn't bother to let you know the name of it until the end. He was probably one of the things that made me rage into the entire gameplay. He tried so bad to be the english funny guy from Portal 2, but he just fails. His voice is poor, the characterization is non-existent, his humor is terrible. Seriously, do you remember one of the main characteristics of Portal 2? The humor. It had so many funny moments with GLaDOS or Wheatley, and so many funny lines that wanted you to replay the game over and over just to see if you missed one. This guy, Nigel, doesn't work. He try way too hard to be kind, or try way too bad to be gentle. You don't really understand what the hell he's doing for the entire game. AND WHY THE HELL IS HE SHOWN IN RANDOM PLACES DURING THE COURSE OF THE GAME? Apparently they didn't have time to explain that, 'cause they never explain that to you.
And one last thing about Nigel's model. He's a Core, right, and what makes Cores different from each other? The color and shape of the eye. So what did they do? They took the Space Core, made the color a little bit more light orange and give it no expressions. I don't even have to add anything to this description.

I'll be quick on the gameplay section because this review is getting way too long. As already established, the character is really hard to control. So what can be even worst than this? Sometimes wall bounce doesn't seem to work. Great.
But heres a good thing after all this text of pure rage and delusion: they added some new gameplay mechanic, like red laser walls that will instantly kill you. That's good, but they had to screw it up. Because how did I find out that they would kill me? Walking right into it and get killed. You know, a little flying text that would say "hey, don't walk into that, or that will kill you!" would have been helpful. Instead we get the same message "press ctrl to stop bouncing" all the time whenever we bounce 2 or more times in a row on the blue gel. THANKS I ALREADY KNOW THAT SINCE ITS SOMETHING FROM PORTAL 2.

And after all this.. review, the only good thing I really liked from the game. The soundtrack is amazing and well stylized with the Portal universe, I will totally listen to that in the future. And also, the idea of a giant speaker during the puzzles is a very good one. Until you run into them and you get your ears blown away by the loud music.

Final Score: 2/10

It's intended for Portal fans. I'm a Portal fan, and I hate it. It's not even worth 2 cents, and it's totally not worth 5€. If the dev had so much time and knowledge of the source engine, they could have made a new different game, that whould have been way better than this garbage.

I went into this game optimistically, since community made Portal games such as Portal Stories: Mel left me with a sense of satisfaction, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. With Aperture Tag, though, this was not the case at all. The paint gun mechanic, while a very interesting idea, was not successfully delivered. Unlike the gradual introduction to new mechanics in the original Portal games, the introduction to the capabilities of the paint gun was rushed, and often left a feeling of confusion. If you need to add a skip button for timed parkour courses, chances are you did not correctly provide your player with the tools to complete the course in the first place. The level designs were sloppy, especially in the lower Old Aperture style levels where I was immediately met with elements that did not belong in that era such as lazers and light bridges, and I often found myself stuck using routes that seemed like they were not intended to be used at all. I even found myself moving across pipes right at the bottom of the chamber, or along the very edge of panelled walls, which would not be possible if the level had been composed correctly. Some puzzle elements were barely needed, and cluttered the tests. Honestly, I'm glad I got this game when it was on sale. It should have been free. The only fun thing I can find about this game is the increased mobility that portals could not provide. I adore momentum based tests, so that was a plus.

Давно хотел взять, но по цене в 120 рублей не хотел брать ждал скидок. И как только на чёрной пятнице она стала 36 рублей стоить сразу купил, и в конце сюжетки понял что я правильно поступил дождавшись распродажи, игра (а скорее даже мод обычный) не стоит 120 рублей, максимум 50-70 (в идеале 30). Даже в Portal Stories Mel бесплатно можно поиграть если есть 2-я часть, но тут разработчик схалтурил, а вот сейчас я напишу почему игра выглядит халтуркой.

Плюсы +
+ Интересная задумка побегать с краско-пушкой вместо портальной
+ есть динамичные уровни где нужно на скорость пробегать (с портальной пушкой они не такие динамичные выходили)

А вот теперь минусы -
- Самый главный её минус это слишком короткий сюжет (проходится за 2.5 часа если не тормозить на одном уровне)
- По сравнение с MEL тут уровни проходятся очень просто и быстро (те кто играли в MEL сразу вспомнят как по пол часа на некоторых уровнях застреваешь из за непонимания как пройти дальше или протащить куб)
- Цена (может я конечно преувеличиваю) по сути перед нами обычный мод игры и цена всё таки должна быть ниже 100 рублей (MEL который по сложности и длительности компании в несколько раз дольше и сложнее бесплатный)

Вывод:
1) Если вам нравится серия игр Portal то игру стоит брать, но с одной оговоркой, брать только по скидке.
2) Если ожидаете длинный сюжет то его тут попросту нету, и после сюжетки в 2 часа придётся играть только в каперы тестовые сообщества

Pour le prix d'un kebab, on reviens dans les locaux d'Apeture Science . Et non pas avec le Portal Gun, mais le Paint Gun. Ce qui change radicalement la façon d'aborder les maps.

J'ai aimé :

+ L'univers Aperture Science est là (Tout le coté énorme pour pas grand chose et les piques d'humours bien senties).
+ Le Paint Gun.
+ Difficulté bien dosée. Certaines maps sont bien tordue quand on ne remarque pas la logique.

Ce que j'ai pas aimé :

- Pas de sous-titres (J'ai un peu de mal à entendre ce que dit notre petit « ami » sphérique), mais la communauté est active et déjà les premiers arrivent.
- Court … Très court. (4h, sans se presser d'après le compteur Steam). Mais encore une fois, la communauté est activé, je serais curieux de voir ce que ca va donner.

L'achat de ce mod en vaut le coup ? Pour 5€, la réponse est OUI ! Après pour 7€, je ne sais pas.

Now I'll be honest here: I liked this mod. I liked the idea of firing gel wherever I wanted and being able to bounce around and run like the wind at the press of a button. But almost immediately I was taken away from the experience by a plethora of issues. The lazy voice acting, horrible scripting, and general lack of what makes the Portal games amazing were a very quick turn off. More upsetting was the fact that there was no way to use water or erase any of your gels. The best you can do is cover them up with each other, but being able to clean surfaces would make the game far less frustrating. To top everything off, just a few levels from the ending, I find myself unable to progress in any way except to restart the chapter. There are visible saves but no way to access them, and being that the level design was done incorrectly and the player is able to reach autosave checkpoints far before they're supposed to, I am trapped on a platform with no way back to the beginning of the test chamber and no possible way to jump back. Try to reload from the begining of the test but the game will only allow you to start from the last save or from the start of a chapter.

In addition, at some points in the game you are expected to fire orange gel right in front of you as you run to keep your momentum. But half the time, the gel fails to land before you do and all of your momentum is lost, often resulting in death. One section in particular forces you to race against a clock while trying to use this broken mechanic, and more than half of the twenty or so times I attempted this, I was unable to clear small gaps because the gel failed to register in time.

Don't spend your money on this. You're better than that.

Portal 2 with paint

ms paint but 3d

I like so much Portal & Portal 2. Of course i like this game also. Recommended!

Классная модификация на Portal, но короткая. Сюжет интересный, ламповая атмосфера. Имеет две концовки, что очень хорошо). Купила на Летней Распродаже 2020, как по мне за 210 тенге ( 35 рублей) этот мод можно купить, но за обычную цену покупать не стоит;(

Game Review for (game here)

Player Bases.
☐ Kids.
☑ Everyone.
☐ Mature.
☐ Casual Players.
☐ Pro players.

Graphics.
☐ Potato.
☐ Really Bad.
☐ Bad.
☐ OK.
☑ Good.
☐ Beautiful.
☐ Masterpiece.

Price.
☑ Full Price.
☐ Wait For Sale.
☐ Refund It If You Can.
☐ Don't Buy It.
☐ Free.

Requirements.
☑ Minimum.
☐ Medium.
☐ Fast.
☐ High End.
☐ Super Computer.

Difficulty.
☐ Easy.
☐ Medium.
☐ Hard.
☐ Very Hard.
☑ Death March.
☐ Dark Souls.

Game length.
☐ Really Short. ( 0 - 2 hours)
☑ Short. ( 2 - 8 hours)
☐ Medium. ( 8 - 16 hours)
☐ Long. ( 16+ hours)
☐ Endless.

Story.
☐ It Doesn't Have One.
☐ Horrible.
☐ Ok.
☐ Average.
☑ Good.
☐ Fantastic.

Cinematic/Art.
☑ It Doesn't Have.
☐ Horrible.
☐ Ok.
☐ Average.
☐ Good.
☐ Like Watching A Movie.

Music/Sound.
☐ Horrible.
☐ Decent.
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Amazing.

Gameplay.
☐ Terrible.
☐ Ok.
☐ Average.
☐ Good.
☑ Fantastic.

Bugs.
☐ Game Itself Is One Big BUG.
☐ Game Breaking Bugs.
☐ Lots of bugs.
☑ Few Bugs.
☐ Nothing.

Others.
Multiplayer: ☐
Singleplayer: ☑

Final Score:
8/10

Great mod but excruciatingly hard if you have less than 200 hours in portal 2

Как отдельно взятый мод довольно неплоха, но абсолютно не выдерживает никакой критики, когда дело доходит до сравнения с бесплатной Portal stories: Mel. Потенциал интересности у гель-пушки в принципе значительно ниже, чем у портальной. А тут еще и озвучка, юмор, головоломки, дизайн уровней - все кажется пожеванным, слабым и вторичным. Самые красивые и атмосферные виды мелькают перед глазами во время перелетов по трубам, когда даже оглядеться толком не успеваешь. Достижений, которые давали бы хоть какой-то намек на общий прогресс, почему-то завезти поленились. Только музыка порадовала местами. Ну, и сменяющиеся декорации "рабочего места" Найджела показались довольно забавными.

В целом, плачевность ситуации сглаживают редактор и пользовательские уровни. И, в принципе, если бы не с чем было сравнивать, то оценка была бы выше, а так - 6/10, не больше.

Honestly, I really enjoyed this game. Even if it's fairly short, it was well made. The one thing I like the most is how despite it taking place in aperture, the aesthetic of it felt so different from Portal 1, 2 or Desk job. Along with that, Harry did a great job on the soundtracks. My personal favorite section of the game is the part where you have to escape aperture, which leads into a really cool "Truman show" reference. Most tests were memorable and challenging, too.

ON THE OTHER HAND, here are some of my ♥♥♥♥ for the game;
-The mic nigel was using was scratchy and a bit obnoxious
-Some parts of the game had annoying solutions [Like pixel perfect jumps or the cryptic way to get the other ending]
-Some jokes didn't land

Other than that, the game was extremely fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you enjoyed Portal, play this.

These modders have game design down to a SCIENCE!!



Now that I got my funny out of the way, lemme be serious. No humour further on if you're looking for that, so stop reading.
I literally mean they have the game to a science. Imagine game design as a checklist: They did it... But this game, is suffering from what all modern games are suffering from: Lack of Fine tuning.
Oh yeah, I should get this out of the way: I am going to refer to this as a game, not mod. This is because, not only I payed money for it and now have high standards, but because it felt like something new, something different.

Since they completed the checklist, this game has what is required of them: It was fun, it was clever, it was unique. Gameplay-wise, it couldn't have been better!

But there are so many flaws that I could never get over: They bugged me from the moment I started playing to the moment I finished the game. I'm going to start with the characters: Nigel. I'm comparing Aperture Tag to Portal 2, so in terms of character development, the modding team for this game should have had higher standards. Nigel doesn't have a bad voice or character necessarily, he feels generic.
In Portal 2, it's obvious what each kind of character is: Adventure Core is an action-addict, Wheatley thinks he's clever, tries, but fails, Space Core has a childlike optimism, and the Fact Core is a dictionary that's occasionally full of himself. And GLaDOS... We all know who GLaDOS is. Each persolity is PERFECT.

Nigel.

Nigel seems so generic that it's hard to tell who he is, and the biggest factor is the voice: Just by listening to them, you can tell who each character is. The other characters stood out, I can quote off the top of my head something from each of them because their voice matched their character and stick out. All I know is that Nigel said a few things that make me chuckle. That's all I know from his character. Nothing about him stood out. Not a bad voice, not a bad character... But if he's going to be the Jiminy Cricket in my pocket, he needs to be special, unique, not generic.

Another thing that bugged me is the paint gun. Graphically, it's nice, the jigglebones inside the glass bits could've been better, especially should've reacted to gravity, maybe even copied from Team Fortress 2 liquids.
The biggest problem with it is that it had almost no animations. Portal 2, doing anything had an animation. Pressing E whenever there's nothing there jiggled the gun, firing portals made it react. The paint gun sits there, lifeless, almost unnecessary, especially since the paint comes from the middle of your face in the first person... That's a bit weird, I want paint to come from my gun, not my face.

Oh, and back on Nigel. His eye was reused from the fact core, just recoloured. Come on, guys! Even people in the Garry's Mod community know that's A VERY BAD THING. Even the shade of orange looks like the Space Core!

Penultimately, I feel like they reused a few too many resource from Portal 2 in the earlier levels. Now this isn't too big of a problem... Except that they have competition with "Thinking with Time Machine", which had custom visuals from the get-go! It felt like something new! Aperture Tag, on the other hand, reused resources when they had a chance to make new resources. Now I understand cannonically, that it would be difficult to make new resources... And in the later levels, it wasn't an ussue at all with the themed artificial nature, that was BRILLIANT!! But still, just a texture swap would've been nice.
The antique turrets were awesome.
Also, being able to load your saves would be cool too. Especially if you get stuck someplace impossible:

Am I supposed to be stuck here? 

Une capture d'écran de Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative

Par : Nefnoj

Come on, guys.
This moves me onto last thing: Gameplay. So we all have that need to cover everything in paint, right? Turns out, a few times made me regret it. I'll splot blue paint throughout the entire room, but regret it because the cube won't stop bouncing. This particular level won't have orange paint, so I'll have to deal with it. They need to implement water whenever an alternative paint is out of use.
Anyway, this game is worth your time if you like fun... But there will always be one thing to slightly bother you. ALWAYS.
Hey, creators of this mod! Now make it so that you can play the Portal 2 levels with it! And Hydra support! And co-op in the campaign! Somehow! NOTICE ME.

Mimo, iż mod dostał dość sporo negatywnych opinii, to ja stwierdzam, że jest to jeden z najlepszych modów w jakie grałam. Fabuła jest wciągająca a soundtrack świetny. Mamy także nowego kompana - rdzeń o imieniu Nigel.
Zamiast portali dostajemy żele co zmusza do myślenia w inny sposób, pojawiają się tutaj także mapy z portala 2, ale tym razem musimy rozwiązać je przy użyciu żeli. Czasami nad jakąś komorą testową trzeba posiedzieć więcej czasu. Gorąca polecam.

i have a citrus allergy

10/10 yay Citranium™️

Pretty damn fun. Definitely has a unique aspect to it that was executed perfectly. Worth the $5

Un mod fun, je le conseil à tous ceux qui ont adoré Portal 2 !
Le workshop intégré au mod permet même la coopération.

Portal 2'nin boya silahlı modu. Portal 2'de ki Cave Johnson testlerinde boyalı bölümler de testleri görmüştük. Bu oyunda ise sadece boya silahı ile testleri geçiyoruz ve gene başımızda bir kişilik çekirdeği var. 10TL ama ben indirimlerde 2TL'ye almıştım kesinlikle almanızı öneririm emin olun Portal 2'den kat be kat daha zor.

Достойный гибрид "Portal 2" и "Tag: The Power Of Plant".
Прыжки и гонки на гелях, местами на скорость, довольно круто, а, Гордон?
Музыка приятная.
Комментатор под стать оригинальной Portal 2.
Есть места, где проваливаешься через текстуры, приходится загружаться, чтобы выбраться. Но это несущественный минус.
Как пройдете сюжетную линию, не забудьте заглянуть в Воркшоп: удобный редактор из оригинальной Portal 2 был дополнен и перенесен в этот мод. Решил сделать ремейк оригинальной Tag, кому интересно, найдете в профиле.

В качестве симулятора маляра сойдет.

Ребятки, на свете слишком мало атмосферных игр, согласны? По *порталу* начинаешь скучать через годик-другой, но фанаты радуют своими модификациями, дополнительными испытаниями, компаниями и т.д.
Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative короткая, но очень яркая и интересная игра! За жалкие 30+ р (на распродаже) я получил отличное настроение на целый день! Однозначно стоит покупки, советую!

I had a lot of fun playing through this mod, BUT! do not buy full price, it is not worth the money. On sale it usually goes down to a dollar or two and at that price I would say go for it (If you are are a diehard portal fan). Overall the game is well made and in some areas feels like an official Portal game, but in others it feels the complete opposite.

Pros:
- A nice twist to the portal series, a gel gun is a cool idea
- Well made chambers, I like how you (at first) are using old and recycled chambers suggesting that the gel gun testing isn't very important
- Reuse of some Portal 1 & 2 chambers, solving portal gun chambers with a gel gun is awesome!
♥♥♥♥:
- The voice acting is dry, Nigel is a very monotone and boring character
- I won't spoil the endings but both were very unsatisfying
- If you're not near the speakers in a chamber, you are not going to hear the soundtrack playing what so ever,this is a shame because I liked the soundtrack but usually being far away from the speakers means the environments feel like a graveyard

If you are a diehard portal fan, itching for more portal then I would say pick this up in a sale and give it a go (you can always refund it if its not your thing). However I would recommend Portal: Stories Mel over this game, it is free and has much better writing and storytelling. I will give the Aperture Tag devs credit, they put hard work into this game, and I am glad they did there best, hope in the future they can make another Portal Mod and improve. If this mod was free then it would be a much easier recommendation.
Overall: 7.5/10

Изначально, я не настраивал себя на что-то уж очень крупное, хоть и мог, ведь это первый (и пока единственный) платный мод к Portal 2 в Стиме. И в некоторых местах он меня таки приятно удивил.

Aperture Tag не является типичным модом, который в сотый раз использует механику портальной пушки. На этот раз у нас в руках оказывается гелиевая пушка и стреляет она, что очевидно, гелем для прыжков и ускорения. По началу, камеры не сильно сложные, но чем дальше, тем становится сложнее. Позже, появятся и порталы, но уже чётко поставленные по условию. То есть, фактически, все камеры (а их тут свыше двух дюжин) мы должны пропрыгать и пробежать в самом прямом смысле. Чтобы игроку жизнь не казалась малиной, нас частенько (особенно под конец) будут ограничивать - в каких-то камерах можно будет пользоваться строго только одним гелем, а где-то обеими, но в таких местах часто стоят проходы, которые блокируют определённый гель, так что всё равно нужно будет хорошенько подумать, как достать "вон тот куб" или попасть "на ту сторону камеры". Хоть и нужно отметить, что испытания не такие сложные, но иногда решение не такое очевидное, как в том же втором Портале.

Сюжет
No spoilers
Довольно прост по своей сути. Просыпаемся в стазис камере и начинаем проходить испытания. Протеже GLaDOS выступает один из модулей персональности, Nigel. На протяжении игры было пару ситуаций, когда повороты сюжета делали сюрпризы, но в целом, он линеен и практически лишён лишних движений. Кроме концовки, только тссс .
Что больше всего понравилось - это юмор. Да, он не настолько чёрный как во втором Портале, но тоже местами неплох. Ещё есть отсылки, причём несколько! Так что советую изучать все локации, чтобы получить дополнительную порцию удовольствия.

Левел-дизайн
А вот тут мод даёт заметную слабину. Но не в плане качества текстур или уровней, а именно в дизайне локаций. Вся его проблема в том, что авторы понапихали много лишнего. К примеру, в камерах 50-х годов присутствуют световые мосты, лучи, новые кубы и прочие элементы, которые были созданы Aperture Science только ближе к 90-ым. Из-за этого эффект погружения напрочь теряется, особенно это заметно будет для тех, кто прошёл Второй Портал. Для меня и вообще всем кто любит оригинал это довольно значимый минус.

Визуально (не путать с дизайном локаций о которых я расписал выше) всё выполнено на хорошем уровне. За исключением пары помещений и нескольких ну очень мыльных текстур тех же скал, сильно придраться не к чему. Хоть до уровня Второго Портала мод явно не дотягивает, если быть откровенным. Радует, что многие вещи делались заново - это видно.

На Win10 проблем нет. Но есть минорные баги, хоть они не всегда заметны, да и на геймплей влияния не имеют.

Аудио
OST здесь целиком и полностью свой, что очень круто. Треки запоминающиеся, вроде той же рок-версии "Still Alive". Это неудивительно, ведь свою руку приложил известный в кругах Half-Portal коммьюнити композитор Harry Callaghan.

Так же можно похвалить озвучку. Слушать её было довольно-таки приятно.

Довольно неплохой мод на Portal 2 со своей собственной механикой гелей. Хоть в плане дизайна локаций он и слабоват, но геймплей, юмор и OST на хорошем уровне. Можно брать и по полной стоимости ведь её он точно стоит.

Aperture Tag is a surprising and fresh revival of Portal 2’s familiar puzzle elements. While its puzzles occasionally require twitch movement, the game is still very focused on thinking through layered conundrums. The level design does an excellent job of teaching all the new paint gun skills while making sure to showcase death-defying thrills in the solutions.

The intro and climax moments of the story really show off the effort that went into the game and make it feel complete. There were several times when I was confused by the plot, but the funny moments and conclusion really shine through as big wins. Toward the end, the game introduces a new test chamber theme (that I won’t spoil) and it’s so good that I feel stupid for never thinking to include it in Portal 2. The music also stands out as natural extension of Portal’s themes with great flavor of its own. This is one of those games that could be worth it for the soundtrack alone.

The game is fairly short (which I like), but still longer than I expected. While it piggy-backs on the Aperture world and mechanics, it doesn’t get bogged down in referencing old jokes. It can stand on its own, but at the same time will be more enjoyable if you play Portal 2 first. If you’re a fan of Portal’s gameplay, these test chambers have some great twists and won’t let you down.

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一箇所を除いて、大体ストレートに謎解きは出来ました
アクション性が強い時がありますが落ち着いてやれば何とかなります

流石にポータル本家ほどの完成度は無いですが
充分にパズルは楽しめます

クリアーまで3時間程度でした
値段分は楽しめます

が、キャプションが出ないのでストーリーは良く分からんかった…

10 унитазов с лимонадом из 10

Great Concept, Mediocre Execution. Story is lacking.

Great for a community mod. Would recommend.

已卸载，实在是忍不下去各种小bug。打到了4-06，自动保存点竟然选在了我跳到水里的过程，结果就是无限循环死亡，根本没办法跳出来。前面打的过程中也有很多小bug，比如可以跳进游戏外的空间，可以用箱子垫脚过关等等。凝胶枪本来是一个很有趣的创意，但做得比起MEL差距不是一点。过生日时朋友全价送的，感觉略亏，和本体和MEL比起来不值这个价。

That was fun, but i have a suggestion. How about adding a feature that allows you to shoot water? It's kinda pointless, but at least you would be able to clean up the gels, doing the work for Nigel :)

In aperture tag you solve puzzles by using a gel gun. One side shoots blue bouncy gel, the other shoots orange speed gel. The game is around 3 hours long. Personally, I would have liked more difficult tests but it was still fun. The voice acting is incredibly cringy but from a gameplay and puzzle perspective it's a decently made game. I would recommend buying if you enjoyed the original portal 2 as you'll get some enjoyment from this too, and on sale this game is less than £1.

Wer die Test´s mit Cave Johnson und dem Rückstoss-/Beschleunigungsgel aus Portal 2 gut findet, der sollte sich dieses Spiel auf seine Wunschliste setzen.

Die Aufgaben sind etwas schwieriger (aber machbar^^)
Anhand der Grafik würde ich sagen wurde es mit dem Hammer-Editor gemacht, da sich Pflanzen,Starträume und Gegenstande wiederholen.
Die Musik ist mal was anderes und die Titelmelodie wurde auch aufgepeppt, aber über geschmack lässt sich bekanntlich Streiten.

Die Spielzeit war für das Geld in Ordnung auch die Storry war ganz gut gemacht.
Das Ende sehr überaschend soll´s das wirklich gewesen sein?!
NEIN Die Endwickler haben noch ein alternatives Ende versteckt, das Mir besser gefällt^^

Ich würde 8 von 10 Sternen vergeben
1 Punkt Abzug weil sich Standardtexturen aus dem Hammer-Editor für meinen Geschmack zu Oft wiederholen
1 Punkt Abzug weil das Spiel etwas länger sein könnte

von Mir einen Daumen nach Oben
Grüße Stepstone86

PS: Wer Rechtschreibfehler findet darf sie behalten

Я видела достаточно много модов для Portal, которые в основном имели другой сюжет, несколько новых элементов и все те же старые добрые порталы. Но это - что-то определенно необычное. Весь геймплей состоит из использования уже знакомых нам гелей, с помощью которых нужно проходить испытания - вместо портальной пушки нам выдают красящую. Из больших плюсов хочется отметить, что можно совершенно невозбранно покрывать гелями все поверхности в поле своего зрения, чем лично я и занимаюсь большую часть времени, которое провожу в тестовой камере (хоть голос с потолка и просил этого не делать - дескать, слишком дорого убираться после этого). Также в игре действительно замечательная музыка, а в наблюдатели нам достается веьма болтливый тип, который порой говорит забавные вещи.
Приятно удивило, что есть тестовые камеры от сообества, так что после прохождения самой игры скучать тоже не придется. Есть даже камеры для совместного прохождения, хотя сама игра кооперативки не имеет.
Определенно рекоммендую этот мод для всех любителей Portal.

游戏最大的特点就是将光圈凝胶融入到一把枪里了，宣传视频有解释，这里不多说。
部分吸引人的地方：
--游戏流程比较短，可以在4小时内通关，二周目不用动脑子估计会更快，也许有人说这游戏不应该用通关时间来作评价，但是游戏中很多场景都是考验你反应速度的，越快越好，而且这些场景往往很带感，很有趣！
--也有些场景值得反复摸索，我在第一次玩的时候就发现其中一两个场景是可以用第二办法通过的（也叫不走寻常路）
--游戏过程中无论是对白、场景都或多或少对portal 2本身鞠了个躬，比如portal 2女主踩碎玻璃的那一小块场景、还没拿到portal gun之前的场景，在本作中也出现了，感觉就像本作女主与portal 2女主擦肩而过，玩着的时候感觉心痒痒可能会见到原作女主，这方面制作方真走心。
--戴上耳机玩吧，本作BGM比portal 2还带感，边听边玩有可能玩脱。另外，与portal 2不同，在场景中多了很多“喇叭”，当你靠近这些喇叭的时候，才能清楚的听见BGM，我不明白这是什么个设定，想听还得接近。- _-!


某些让人不怎么舒服的地方：
--对白不够传神，听起来有点虚。
--事实上流程并不短，只是场景太简单，解决问题的时间短（也许是paint gun的性质决定的额。。。也许注定比portal gun简单）

Когда портал 3

Хоть это и мод на Portal, он достоин называться отдельной игрой, но без Portal 2 она не заработает, увы. Сама по себе идея использование пушки, которая стреляет гелями в сеттинге данной франшизы очень интересна. Тот кто прошёл Portal 2 должен помнить запару с гелями, но вот теперь вместо порталов у вас именно эти грёбаные гели! Вы незаменимы для Aperture Science (нет), веселитесь и эксперементируйте!

Хороший симулятор для штукатуров-маляров, которые прогуливали пары в своих ПТУ:
- покажет вам, что красить надо не "тяп-ляп", а аккуратно промазывая каждый сантиметр досок, переборок, полов и потолков.
- реализм зашкаливает - плохо покрасил -> сломал ноги или упал в кислоту.
- красить нужно под хороший саундтрек.
В целом неплохой мод, но мне кажется не стоит своих денег ибо:
- новой идеи почти нет.
- интерьер тот же.
- сюжет почти отсутствует.
- баги.
Игра заслуживает скорее нейтральной оценки - она и неплоха, но в тоже время первичного впечатления от Портала 2 уже не воспроизводит.

Okay so, you can finish this thing in 2 hours, it's kinda fun but definitely not worth its price.

Tests are not polished enough. You can't load any save. So i got stuck in chamber 7 of chapter 4, because I managed to get to one place early and there was no way back or forth, but the game decided to autosave, so I'm there, softlocked, and only solution is to replay whole chapter from the beginning.

They tried to make an original concept but it just doesn't feel right. Writing is bad, voice acting is not great, level design is all over the place and it just isn't authentic to the spirit of aperture science. Most of the time I was annoyed with how nothing makes sense. It's just too lazy of a product.

Only consistently good thing was soundtrack, it's actually pretty good.

Paint gun and playing with gels is kinda cool idea, but it just could've been a LOT better. You can have much, much better time playing community chambers.

Portal stories: MEL is SO MUCH BETTER of a mod, and its FREE, this one just isn't worth its price.

This game is a bit of a mess but there's some nice puzzles to be had.

PROS:
+Levels are thoughtfully designed
+Modeling and texture work are great
+Soundtrack is Portal-esqe while still good on its own merits

♥♥♥♥
-Apocalyptically bad writing.
-Even worse voice work
-Paint Gun is buggy and sometimes unresponsive
-Puzzles have limited solutions early on

This game is something I can't recommend at full price. For $1.99 I can let it slide but for $5 or the full $7 they want for it pass. I like the idea and the actual gameplay is well done but they didn't capture what made Portal so good. The writer's idea of a joke is annoying heavy metal music being played at the start of a test and the narrator scrambling to turn it off but at the end of the test the narrator says "the music was intended" or some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Really, the crap storytelling is the dealbreaker.

I'll start off by saying I LOVEEEEE Portal 1 & 2. So much I've played like 100+ custom maps after I beat all the campaigns. When I first saw this add on, my eyes got big, and I couldn't believe it. "Finally" I said. Then it was downhill from there. Honestly the idea behind it was good, but.......... yeah.. The stuff the mod added, example the gun, graphics are garbage... And let’s not even talk about the voice actor.. IT"S TERRIBLE!!! He sounds like a 16 year old kid, using a cheap mic, trying to be funny, and isn't at all. AT ALL. It really is pathetic... It makes me wonder if the designers even listened to it before releasing it... I appreciate the work on trying to bring back an amazing game and gives us more to do, but the fact that we had to pay 5$ for this crap is why it's getting a negative review. If it was free, like it should had been. I would had left a positive review, saying, "Fun little mod, not great, but beats nothing. Worth a try!" Instead somebody thought it was okay to charge us for this crap. HELLO!!!! There are thousands of community maps and stories million times better than this, and guess what? They are FREE!!!! I'm really getting sick of stuff like this.. Don't even get me started on the early access games that are flooding steam more & more, or the games that have 15$ DLC's announced, before the game itself is even realized. And now MOD's cost money! smh... Okay I'm done with my rant, but seriously don't buy this mod! I'm trying to save you 5$.

Das Spiel ist gut.

Es ist ein Mod zu Portal 2 (das installiert sein muss). Kennzeichnend ist, dass das wesentliche Werkzeug eine Paint Gun ist, die das aus Portal 2 bekannte blaue und orangene Gel versprüht.

Wir sind wieder einmal eine (ungenannte) Testperson für Aperture Science, repräsentiert durch einen Wheatley-Klon namens Nigel, der ebenfalls nicht gerade ein Menschenfreund ist.

Nigel schaut uns zu 

Une capture d'écran de Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative

Par : Keks

Erneut müssen wir verschiedene Testkammern und manchmal auch die Wege zwischen diesen absolvieren. Einige wenige Testkammern kennt man sogar aus Portal 2, die meisten sind neu, aber in verschiedenen Stadien des Verfalls oder Wiederaufbaus. Statt der Portal Gun haben wir diesmal eine Paint-Gun, die blaues Gel (zum Hüpfen) und orangenes Gel (zum Beschleunigen) auf alle geeigneten Oberflächen versprühen kann.

Entsprechend sind die Lösungsansätze andere und insofern ist es eine spannende Alternative. Die Rätsel sind teils einfach, teils knifflig. Manchmal und mit der Zeit immer mehr erfordert es auch Geschicklichkeit, die Richtung und Geschwindigkeit richtig zu dosieren. So brauchte ich in den späteren Kammern oft einige Versuche, bis die Aktionen so klappten, wie ich es brauchte.

Eine Testkammer 

Une capture d'écran de Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative

Par : Keks

Portale (die man selbst allenfalls indirekt an vorgegebenen Stellen erzeugen kann) spielen eine geringe Rolle in diesem Mod. Das kann etwas enttäuschen, sind sie doch Mittelpunkt der klassischen Portal-typischen Rätsel.

Die Geschichte ist nicht ganz so ausgefeilt wie in den mir bekannten anderen Portal's. Die Stimmung / Atmosphäre ist daher wohl nicht ganz so eindrucksvoll.

Die Grafik ist wie bei Portal 2, die Levelgestaltung ziemlich aber nicht ganz so aufwendig wie beim Original.

Threesome 

Une capture d'écran de Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative

Par : Keks

Der Sound ist gut. Die Stimme von Nigel finde ich ziemlich gut.

Die Steuerung ist wie gewohnt. Etwas ungünstig ist, dass das links liegende Gel mit der rechten Taste versprüht wird und umgekehrt.

Es gibt keine Errungenschaften.

Pro & Contra:

+ Interessante Rätsel
+ Gut gemachter "Begleiter" Nigel

o Weniger eindrucksvoll (Rätsel, Atmosphäre) wie andere Portal-Spiele

Wertung: 7/10

Im Vergleich zu den Original-Spielen oder zum kostenlosen Mod Portal Stories: Mel hat es mir nicht so gut gefallen, aber es ist immer noch ein gutes Rätselspiel, das man empfehlen kann.

Modificacion del juego Portal 2, en que tu "herramienta" de trabajo no hace portales, sino que suelta el gel de velocidad (naranja) o el de salto (azul). Las cámaras de pruebas son bastante entretenidas, llegando a un punto en que te tiras 30 minutos para pasarte una (mi caso). Tiene una pequeña historia que, bueno, no está mal, es original. Hay mapas de comunidad. Nuevas texturas, materiales, torretas, objetos, etc. Este juego es único y altamente recomendado para los que les guste Portal 2. Ademas de todo esto, tiene un montón de easter eggs divertidos.

As an avid Portal fan, I loved hearing about this game coming out. When someone gave it to me I immediately started playing and finished it within a couple of days. Not that I'm complaining about its shortness- I'd pretty much expected that part. However, there were some glaring errors I couldn't ignore.

The concept was pretty sound, and the use of gels to complete tasks forced me to deviate from thinking with portals, which was hard at first. However, there were parts in which I barely squeaked by because the margin for error was so small, or required extremely exact placements that weren't intuitive in the game. During the action sequence somewhere around the middle of the game, I had to navigate an obstacle course on a time limit before the area blew up. Once I got the hang of it the area was fun, but I kept dying repeatedly because of the incredibly exact gel placements and timing it required. The course was long and arduous, requiring roughly 200 restarts until I was going along smoothly and almost making it to the end. I didn't mind being challenged by the game, but it kept feeling as if they hadn't adequately checked most of these puzzles to make sure they were playable. For instance, there was absolutely no room for error on the speed run. The time limit was such that even if you completed all of the jumps and slides well you'd die from running out of time first. Even a few seconds on the clock would have helped make it slightly more playable. It didn't have the smoothness of Portal 2, and harked back to some of the original Portal's problems with precise timing which had almost been eliminated with the latter game.

Surfer dude core (I believe his name was Nigel?) was alright, though not the best option for a guide. He seemed to be a cross between Wheatley and an Aperture scientist in that he was slightly bumbling yet spouting trite guidances for the player with a distinctly Aperture flair. I couldn't really get an edge on what kind of core he was, and he didn't have a theme like the rest of the cores in the original games had. In addition, hearing him telling me to hurry up or I'd die each time I'd have to restart the obstacle course became so irritating by the end I wanted to rip his handlebars off. I won't even speak about the ending here.

All in all? It was pretty fun. Mostly. The concept was good, at least. If you don't count the fact it needed to be tested thoroughly and cleaned up before releasing. That makes sense for an mod like this, but it's still disappointing. I can forgive the core, but I can't forgive sloppy testing. For science.

I really enjoyed this mod. I'm a huge fan of Portal, Portal 2, and the original Tag game so this was right up my alley. While this game focuses little on the Portal mechanics, the Tag mechanics are quite enjoyable on their own. I found the puzzles to be interesting and the action sequences are fun.

The biggest problem I have with the mod is that it requires a lot of precision when executing certain sequences. For someone who isn't very skilled at twitch based gameplay, this was frustrating for me in a few places as I knew what to do, I just had execution problems. Of course the same could be said for certain parts of the Portal games. I think the most frustrating (and fun) part was the timed sequence. It was a bit unforgiving, but still a lot of fun.

Additionally the voice over acting and writing were fairly weak. To me this is a relatively minor issue though since I didn't buy the mod for the story.

I recommend it to people who like Portal 2 and/or physics based puzzle platformers.

jogo mto bom,bem criativo e desafios,alguns complicados mas bem divertidos!!

'I will literally rip your balls out' - Anon, friend of mine

the balls

I DO recommend this game, but only for the real fan of Portal.

Why? Well, first: the game is missing the two most interesting things in the entire franchise, GLaDOS and the Portal Gun. Second: It's not really worth the price after you realize there are better Community-Made Mods around there for free (like Portal Stories: Mel).

However, aside from that it is a pretty decent little game - just don't expect the puzzles to be as great as the original's; or the narrative to be relevant; or the fun to be the same.

Don't get me wrong, the idea here is great! But the execution...

凝胶枪的这个创意很有有趣，我特喜欢把凝胶喷得满实验室都是！又跑又跳的很好玩。
玩法很新鲜，但是流程不长，难度较低。不过自带了编辑器支持了创意工坊所以还是对得起它的价格的。
本体是没有合作关卡的，只有创意工坊有，主机拿凝胶枪副机拿传送枪，我还是喜欢当主机到处撒凝胶… 从对方视角看自己撒凝胶特别鬼畜233
但是关卡数相对较少，而且目前也没有玩到一些高质量（或者说难度大）的合作图，不过对于一个mod来说挺不错了。

Это дополнение позволяет сыграть в Portal с необычной механикой - красящей пушкой вместо порталов. Получилось действительно свежо и интересно. Сюжет есть, и он совсем не для галочки, как пишут в других обзорах, вполне себе интересный, достаточно сильно напоминает сюжет первого портала. Да, не полномасштабный экшен, но тем не менее завлекает. Кстати, когда пройдете Aperture Tag, можно пройти еще раз, чтобы найти все пасхальные яйца, парочка из них очень даже интересные. Ну и напоследок - если играть совсем уж понравилось, то здесь так же присутствует стимворкс с пользовательскими уровнями.
Наслаждайтесь.

Good game but too short. It really needs more maps and more story. Free DLC's as an expansion is a very good idea.
Price below 5 is ok, More than 5 is not ok.
Overall if you are a huge fan of portal and you need to see MOUR of Aperture this mod is for you.
And Remember, testing is the future ! And the futures starts with you !

정말 짜증납니다.

난이도 때문이 아니고 이걸 5달러나 주고 샀다는것에 말이죠..(정가 6.99달러 현재 할인가 4.89달러입니다.)

애퍼쳐 태그는 다른 모든 모드들이 그러하듯 무료로 나올줄 알았습니다.

솔직히 말해서 모드라는건 전부 무료로 나와야하는것이 정상입니다.

스탠드얼론이 아니라면 말이죠(스탠드얼론: 오리지널 게임 필요 없이 플레이 가능한 모드)

하지만 괜찮게 만든 스탠드얼론인데도 무료로 배포하는 크라이오브피어나 네오도쿄도 있고

엄청 잘만들어서 오리지널화 되어 팔리는 팀포트리스나 카운터스트라이크 같은 모드들도 있죠

애퍼쳐 태그가 이들과 어깨를 나란히 할수 있는 모드냐고 묻는다면

전 단호히 '아니요' 라고 답하겠습니다.

첫번째로, 전체적인 퍼즐 완성도가 아마추어라는게 느껴질 정도로 미숙한 모습이 보입니다.

포탈은 거의 안쓰고 페인트건을 이용한 점프와 달리기만 이용하다보니

퍼즐을 푼다는 쾌감은 별로 느껴지지 않고 그냥 3D로 된 플랫포머 같은 느낌이 듭니다.

그리고 레벨 디자인이 뒤로 갈수록 쓰레기입니다.

그중에서 두번째 실험실 7번째 챕터는 정말 최악입니다.

포탈의 장점이 주변 환경에서 유추해서 퍼즐을 푸는건데

에퍼쳐 태그는 그런점에서 실패했습니다.

그리고 후반부에 무슨 반응로에서 탈출하는 구간이 있는데

정말 어거지로 만든 느낌이 강하게 느껴집니다.

모드 제작자도 인정했는지 심지어 그 플레이 구간을 영상으로 대체하여 스킵할 수 있게 만들어 놨습니다.

대충 만들어 놓고 못하면 걍 넘어가라는 제작자의 안이한 태도가 보입니다.

두번째 단점은 의미없는 퍼즐 사이의 유리관 이동입니다.

뭔가 멋있어 보일려고 넣은 것은 좋습니다.

하지만 이것이 너무 자주 나옵니다. 그렇다고 짧은것도 아니고 그 사이에 대사가 나오는것도 아니구요.

그냥 평범하게 엘레베이터 타고 이동하지 못하게 한 이유가 궁금하군요..

그리고 대사 얘기가 나왔으니 성우 연기에 대해서도 집고 넘어가야겠습니다.

개인적으로 무슨 목소리가 중고딩이 녹음한것 같았습니다. 듣기가 좀 불편했어요

그냥 대사본 보면서 제작자 목소리 그대로 녹음해서 적당히 메가폰 효과 집어넣은 느낌입니다.

그리고 오리지널이라고 광고하던 사운드는 나쁘진 않았지만 약간 짜증나는 요소가 있습니다.

BGM이 전체적으로 깔아주는게 아니라 게임내 스피커가 있어서 거기서 나오는 소리를 듣는 방식입니다.

그래서 그 스피커 있는 쪽으로 다가가면 BGM이 굉장히 크게 들립니다.

디테일하지만 스피커 근처로 지나갈때마다 소리가 갑자기 커졌다 작아졌다해서 짜증이 납니다.

마지막 단점은, 이 모든 단점을 안으면서,

최근에 나온 '무료' 포탈2 모드 Thinking With Time Machine보다 못한 이 모드가

무려 7달러에 판매한다는 것입니다.

이건 절대로 유료로 판매해선 안되는거였습니다.

모드를 유료로 팔려고 했던(그리고 현재 팔고 있는) 저 망할 제작자들과

아무 생각없이 샀다가 밥한끼 값 5천원을 날려버린 제 자신에게 화가 치밀어 오릅니다.

나중에 할인으로 1달러 미만으로 떨어지거나 무료로 바뀌기전까진 절대로 사지마세요.

aperture tag is a fine experience and i enjoyed a lot of it but for the $5 price tag it's honestly not worth it
i would rate it a thumbs up if it was free (like literally every other portal 2 mod) but honestly there's better portal 2 community made maps + portal stories: mel & portal reloaded

На мой взгляд, модификация не стоит того, чтобы за нее платить. Особенно сильно она меркнет на фоне Portal Stories: Mel, которая является бесплатной, но при этом насыщена сложными головоломками и интересным сюжетом.
Здесь же сюжета особо не вижу, головоломки сводятся к "не пролети мимо нужной платформы". Да, это напоминает больше платформер, нежели головоломку: главное не промахнуться, а уж куда какую краску - вполне понятно.
Вердикт: за те же деньги можно приобрести что-то получше.

Do you like Portal 2?
Do you like Repulsion Gel?
Do you like Propulsion Gel?
DO YOU LOVE CORES?
Then you will love this mod... 10/10

This has no reason to be a paid mod when a masterpiece like Portal Stories: Mel is free, sub-par voice acting and bland puzzles

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Overall, I think this was a fun game worth buying, although there were certainly some issues.

Pros:
-The gel gun was a cool replacement for the portal gun and kept things interesting
-Most of the test chambers were just the right difficulty level
-There was a good blend of stuff we love from Portal such as tractor beams/lasers/switches/portals/turrets/cubes/light bridges etc.
-Music was good

♥♥♥♥:
- Be prepared to die a LOT. It seems that even though you are figuring out the puzzle just fine, you have to be extremely careful doing stuff or you will end up dead. This was really frustrating to me because I think games like this should be weighted more towards finding the solution rather than micro skills although maybe this was by design
- Even though the gel gun is cool, there were a lot of times in the game where I was longing for a portal gun instead
- I didn't like the levels with gel restrictions very much. I understand why they did it but I really just wanted levels where I could use the gels at will
- The voice actor was not very good but I commend him for doing his best job.

Some people have been complaining about the cost of the mod but the amount of work put into something like this is immense so I don't see what the issue is given the low price tag.

So I went into this knowing this was a mod, but even then this game feels like it wasn't play-tested enough, if even at all. There are so many unnessary additions to testing chambers that would lead to solutions that may be viable, but you would only find out that it wasn't after a solid 15-20 minutes of jump-jump-jump-death. There are ways around beating some of the levels that feel like it's not the way to actually solve it, and frankly if you have to put notes in-game saying that paint isn't needed here or that you /may/ need to use the space bar to get the gel to work, then you need to fix those bugs instead of releasing half-baked cookie dough for a paid-for mod and saying you're delivering cookies.

This is the best mod on Steam I've played yet.
It actually feels like a new game, not a mod.
Aperture TAG is replacing the Portal Gun from Portal with a Paint Gun, and now you have to think with gels.
The test chambers have great and harder puzzles than Portal 2 has, and spraying paint everywhere is a lot of fun.
The storyline and voice acting is great, Nigel our friend gives us nice commentary through the story, and is nice to listen to. In every level we can see him too, once he is on Mount Everest, in another one he is in space, and in another one he is in a desert, and a lot more. The mod has a few test chambers recycled from Portal 2, but only the ones which are fun to complete with a paint gun, and requires to think in a different way; without portals.
Later on, we get to see chambers with blue, orange gels... AND Portals. Which require to think even more, which is a nice challenge. The maps are well made, and the puzzles aren't repetive.
Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative is a new game. With a new story, and new characters, placed in the same universe as Portal 2.
Oh, I almost forgot; This mod has 2 endings, good luck getting both of them, because it's worth it.
I'm giving it a 8/10, and I really suggest getting it.

没有宣传视频那么出彩，但是也很不错。音乐节奏感强，听起来带感，但是卡关的时候听久了会觉得有点烦。
Core的男声配音很喜欢，虽然没有GlaDos那么经典。有模仿，也有自己的小幽默。
中间有一段跑酷的相当炫，都想做个视频录下来了。它给Portal2中的两种凝胶赋予了新的生命。
流程有点短，存档丢了一次，断断续续玩了一遍半才用了7个多小时。
不过现在貌似永降到4.99刀了（节操= =），打折的话更便宜，值得入手。

(I played for around 4 hours and finished the whole game. The play time counter broke.)

It breaks my heart to leave a negative review since there was so much promise and it just didn't deliver. The gel gun is such an interesting concept, bringing many possibilities, and it was never used to its full potential. That's the theme of the game in general. "Could have tried harder."

The best parts of the game are the couple of action levels which require quick thinking and reactions to shoot the gel under your feet or just ahead of you. I really enjoyed those moments. The worst parts of the game are, well, everything else.

The most critical part of a Portal game is the level design, because that's where you're spending all your time. Outside of those action levels, the level design was not there at all. The remainder of the levels are puzzles, but calling them puzzles would be a stretch. Up until the last 2-3 chambers they were just not challenging, and every step requires you to do the obvious thing with the elements you have in front of you, rather than having to think ahead or make plans.

Here's an example. One of the chambers in Chapter 4 (out of 4) starts with you needing to make a jump, so you make the jump. Then just out of your reach is a tempting laser cube, so you shoot the gel and just get up to the laser cube without much fuss. Then you take the laser cube to the laser. There are turrets, so you hit them with the laser. You don't need to look, you don't need to think ahead, you don't need to plan, you just need to do the obvious thing with the elements that are in front of your face.

Almost all the puzzles in the game are like that.

Moving on. The story is completely unimaginative. Let's say there's a moment in the game where it tells you it's the last test chamber, and then you complete it, nothing of interest happens, you get in the elevator, and then you see scrolling credits. Imagine how lame that would be. The ending of Aperture Tag is not that. Not quite. It is somehow even more lame.

The voice acting is... fine... but the voice lines were not written very well. They used the same jokes as the main Portal games, but executed worse, and it generally falls flat and gets old fast.

The soundtrack is good. It's not something I'd listen to for the sake of listening, but it's good.

If you like playing through puzzle chambers designed by a 10-year-old mixed in with a few enjoyable moments, this is the game for you. I wish the puzzles actually made me think, I wish the action levels were more plentiful, but as it is, this is just not worth the time spent playing it. (I won't speak of whether it's worth the money.)

There are minuses and pluses behind this mod.
I played through this in about 3 hours. In those three hours I tried to playtest every chamber, I knew what had to be done, but I decided not to do it the intended way and tried to work my way around the puzzles, as I mostly do with every puzzle I play. One could without a doubt play through this in about an hour or so, first try.


♥♥♥♥: Sadly this has more downsides than upsides, for me at least.

- Very weak story.

- All except maybe 4 puzzles can be skipped.

- A few ways of getting stuck

- Not such a good voice actor, though that's kind of expected from a mod (Not a paid one, though.)

- Trying a bit too hard to be funny.

- A few misaligned textures here and there. (This is just being picky, and I know.)

- DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU'VE PLAYED THROUGH THE GAME ETC. : The escape part is kind of finicky, hard to manouver a few times, and the speedgel doesn't always work at the beginning of this part, which sucks.

- Some weird shadow stuff going on at the beginning of this mod, doesn't look good and gives a bad first impression for most people, I guess.

- Not sure if it's just me and my sound setting, but very rarely it sounded as if the dB on the music got a bit too high and made it unpleasant to listen to. (Scratch this if it's just me...)

- The Paint Gun not having an indicator on which gel is active.


Pros: Now we're over to the good stuff! Don't worry, there are some good stuff here aswell.

+ The Paing Gun. It looks rather nice and sort of fits the universe. Though, as I said, I would like it to have some sort of indicator on the device itself on which kind of gel is active or deactive. Might be difficult, might not be, I don't know. But it would be nice if there were something there to tell us...

+ The music. It's absolutely amazing, I loved it to death and I'm listening to it as I write this. Great job on that one!

+ The fourth chapter, The Stage. It's different from the regular Portal theme, which is quite neat. It sort of brings back the Tag: The Power of Paint wibe for some reason, and I like that a lot.

+ Sort of new way of using the gels. Not original, though not quite yet stale, either.

Would I recommend getting this mod? No. Not unless it's free, then it might be worth your time.

Хорошее дополнение для portal 2 , геймплей состоит из того , что вы используете пушку с гелями вместо портальной , а дальше похоже на оригинальный портал
А за 25 рублей (брал на распродаже) вообще подарок

This mod requires ownership of Portal 2. This review also assumes you already own and have completed Portal 2, my review of which can be read here.

Mod: Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative
For the game: Portal 2
Developer and publisher: Aperture Tag Team
Released: 16 July, 2014
Genre: First-Person Puzzler with Comedy
Setting: "At least 50,000 years" after Portal 1, Aperture Science Enrichment Center, Upper Michigan, U.S.A., Earth
Canon status: Non-canon
Spoiler-free plot summary: Between the events of the Mobility Gel and Art Therapy courses in Portal 2's co-op campaign, GLaDOS begins testing with her new backlog of human test subjects. You play as one of the unnamed female test subjects, guided by the Personality Core called Nigel, in a series of new tests dedicated to Mobility Gel research.

Full review: Aperture Tag is a mod for Portal 2 equal in length and difficulty to Portal 1 (my review of which can be read here). This mod is probably the most fun mod of Portal 2's I've ever played. Unfortunately, however, I found that the test chambers were too easy and the story was too lackluster to warrant a second playthrough.

Like other Portal mods, Aperture Tag's main game mechanic (or gimmick, if you prefer) is based on expanding a mechanic seen in the original game. In this case, it's using a gun that shoots either blue or orange mobility gels. Only a small handful of test chambers make use of portals.

Carried over from Portal 2 is Steam Workshop support, which is also set in Portal 2's multiverse storyline.

A short, simple review for a short, simple mod. Do I recommend buying Aperture Tag? Well, here's where things get tricky...

Being a third-party mod for a game, and being based off a different development team's ideas[en.wikipedia.org], Aperture Tag has only a few original ideas. Because of this, personally, I don't think this mod should have to be purchased in order to play it. Instead, an optional donation system should be set up, either on Aperture Tag's Steam store page or in the mod itself. I do recommend playing Aperture Tag, but only if you can get it for free some way. But if you're desperate for something set in the Portal universe, then I suppose it'd be okay to spend a dollar or two on it, but not NZD$5.99, so wait for when this mod is on sale.

As an Orange Juice Enthusiast, this gets my Stamp of Approval.

I still don't know why it's the only paid Portal mod though.

A very good mod to portal 2. The concept is fun. I wish it was longer.

Interesting concept but the game could've been better.

This is insanely amazing and a must play mod for any portal fan.

Interesting, challenging and innovative puzzles — check.
Fulfilling references to the original — a very good check.
Music — o my gawd, a huge check!
Some extra secrects and fun stuff — check indeed!

I'm lost at what to say more. This is amazing.

Pese a la controversia respecto a los mods de pago, creo que se puede hacer distinciones cuando se trata de aventuras nuevas ♥♥♥ todos sus elementos. Es el caso de este, que apuesta por la original idea de portar un arma de geles en lugar de la habitual de portales. En realidad no es muy distinto a las pruebas finales de Portal 2, ya que básicamente sería muy similar a cámaras donde en todas sus superficies fuera posible colocar portales (y por ende poder pintar de gel casi todo), pero sigue siendo ir un paso más allá, y además tiene algunas cosas adicionales.

Aunque no es algo sobresaliente, el diseño de las cámaras no está nada mal, en contadas ocasiones algunas se pueden resolver de formas que evidentemente no eran las intencionadas pero eso suele ser habitual. Reutiliza mucho contenido y texturas del Portal 2 original, así que en ese aspecto no es muy sorprendente. Aunque tiene sus easter eggs para descubrir, unos más evidentes que otros, y aquí sí que se han hecho valer en presentaciones marca de la casa. Cada cámara tiene su música específica, se aleja un poco del concepto de música orgánica del juego original intercambiándolo ♥♥♥ ambiente del entorno y volumen variable (♥♥♥ unos enormes altavoces en varias zonas de las cámaras que sonarán respectivamente según nos acerquemos o alejemos). Fuera de eso todo es más o menos dentro de lo esperable, una vez que nos olvidamos forzosamente de los portales (aunque aparecen algunos estáticos en algunas cámaras) y pensamos solo en geles.

Tampoco estaremos "solos", desde el principio tendremos una voz que nos guiará durante las pruebas, pero tampoco quiero profundizar demasiado en la historia.

Aparte tiene también el clásico editor de Portal 2 adaptado a los geles y ♥♥♥ algunas mejoras, y desde el Workshop podemos descargar también mapas de la comunidad. Hay para cooperativo, aunque por desgracia la historia principal no se puede jugar de esta manera. Por el precio ajustado que tiene yo creo que merece la pena.

Честно говоря, мод хороший. Ламповый, расслабляющий, не требующих особых усилий для прохождения. Но до уровня Portal Stories: Mel ( которая, к слову, бесплатна), он не дотягивает.. В будущем хотел бы увидеть достижения, как по мне их не хватает.

I don't know why there's so much hate for this mod. It doesn't cost much and provides a few hours of puzzle solving. It has an interesting concept, a few jokes, and a solution to some puzzles is not very obvious. Voice acting? I heard much worse, and this guy isn't that bad. I'm not a hardcore gamer, and as a casual one I enjoyed the mod. The ending is really dissapointing though.

Overall: if you're expecting something like original Portal 2, go find something else or play the Valve's game one more time. If you're looking to kill some time and solve some puzzles in the process, check it out.

Recensione Portal
Recensione Portal Prelude[fabereview.blogspot.it] (mod di Portal)
Recensione Portal 2
Recensione Thinking with Time Machine (mod di Portal 2)
Recensione Portal Stories: Mel (mod di Portal 2)


-L'idea dell'arma: l'arma sinceramente non mi era dispiaciuta, l'idea dei gel su portal 2 funzionava bene, quindi perchè non farci direttamente un arma per sparare gel?

-workshop: Una dei PRO maggiori di questa mod, certi livelli funzionano meglio dei livelli ufficiali della mod (essendo dei veri rompicapo).

-L'aspetto delle room del capitolo 4

-la "fuga" del capitolo 3




-La storia: A differenza di "Thinking with time machine" (Altra mod) ho visto l'impegno di fare una storia.
Si svolge dopo gli eventi di Portal 2 ♥♥♥ un altro soggetto, e saremo accompagnati da questo nuovo core... ma non vi coinvolgerà e non vi farà ridere per niente.
Peccato perchè il doppiaggio seppur amatoriale era decente, ma senza dialoghi interessanti o anche divertenti perde completamente tutto (l'esatto contrario di "portal prelude" dove i dialoghi e la storia erano molto ben fatti, ma il doppiaggio sembravano dei robot)

-Il gameplay poteva essere migliore: In portal 2 bisognava risolvere gli enigmi e capire cosa fare per attivare diversi pulsanti e andare verso l'uscita.
Qua invece bisogna solo capire come arrivare all'uscita, e sinceramente ci arrivi quasi subito e noti che di rompicapo forse c'erano solo nei ultimi livelli.

-Bug sui salvataggi: Ho letto le recensioni precedenti dove c'erano tantissime persone che si lamentavano della mancanza di una funzione di salvataggio, e da rifare così tutta la stanza. Probabilmente hanno risolto, i salvataggi manuali ci sono e pure quelli automatici nelle stanze... e purtroppo vengono qua i bug.
Mi è successo solo due volte ma rimane comunque un bug grave. Stavo saltando per andare su un pulsante, purtroppo ho calcolato male dove mettere il gel blu e quindi son caduto in acqua.... e dove mi ha salvato il salvataggio manuale? esatto, durante la caduta verso l'acqua, non potendo fare niente...
Le soluzioni erano due: o rifare tutto il capitolo, oppure usare i cheat usando "noclip" e metterti i piedi per terra. Dei bug così sono fuori dal mondo, uno che è costretto ad usare i cheat per un salvataggio manuale, io non ho parole.

-Bug sul workshop coop: Purtroppo in cooperativa il gioco da problemi. La modalità cooperativa è geniale, uno usa il Paint Gun e l'altro il Portal gun. Purtroppo Atlas, quello che tiene il paint gun, ha la pistola che a volte spara e a volte no, problema che ti fà snervosire.

-longevità: 2-2.30 ore di longevità che sarebbe accettabile se non fosse a pagamento..

-il prezzo: 5 euro per una mod sono troppi, sopratutto se la mod non è un granchè...


Il dlc alla fine non mi va di metterlo sconsigliato, perchè l'impegno c'è e il gameplay non è malvagio (nonostante lo abbiano messo a pagamento).
Consiglio sopratutto per il workshop della comunità, ovviamente a prezzo scontato.

저는 이걸 할인할 때 천 원에 샀습니다. 그리고 딱 천 원 값만 한다고 생각합니다.

사실 Portal Stories:Mel이나 Thinking with Time Machine이랑 비교하면, 공짜였어도 할 말은 없었을 것이라 생각됩니다.

에퍼처 태그의 가장 큰 문제점은 아이러니하게도, ①"추진/반발 젤" 그 자체와, ②게임이 유달리 강조하는 그 "자유로움"에서 기원합니다.

1. 자유로움이 왜 문제인가?

사실 에퍼처 태그와 비슷한 게임이 이미 있습니다. 유사품보단 원조에 더 가까울 지도 모르죠. 바로 "Tag: Power of Paint"입니다. "포털 1"이 "나바큘라 드롭"을 만든 팀을 판권째 밸브社에서 인수해 만든 게임이라면, "포털 2"는 거기에 "태그" 팀까지 함께 인수해 만든 게임인 것이죠. "태그"의 방식은 분명히, "페인트 통을 얻고", "페인트 건"을 쏘는 형식이었습니다. "에퍼처 태그"와 유사하죠? 그런데 왜 "포털 2"에서는 "태그" 원작의 "페인트 건"이 등장하지 않았을까요?

그 답은 포털 2의 제작자 커멘터리 모드에서 얻을 수 있습니다. "태그 원작의 "페인트 건"이 등장 할 경우, *머리를 굴리고 곰곰히 생각해 보는* 퍼즐 게임의 특성상, 그 스피디함이 맞지 않을 수도 있다. 또, 플레이어들은 *어디에나* 페인트를 칠할 수 있기 때문에, 머리를 사용하는 대신 모든 장소에 페인트를 칠해버리거나, 어디에 페인트를 칠해야 할지 몰라 헤멜 수 있다." 페인트 건을 사용하는 경우, 플레이어들은 오히려 그 자유로움 때문에 혼란이 오는 것이죠. 사실 어떤 면에서 에퍼쳐 태그는 그러한 한계를 극복한 것일 지도 모릅니다. 마치 공항의 활주로 처럼, 추진 젤을 발라야 하는 곳을 미리 표시해주고, 반발젤 역시 바닥재나 벽재에 파란 색 얼룩이 남아 있죠. 그런데 이러면, "어디에 젤을 발라야 할지 고민하는 이유"가 없지 않습니까? 이제 퍼즐겜이 아니게 됐는데요? 사실 그래도 재미만 있으면 되죠. 이게 스팀 그린라이트에 올라왔을 때도, 사람들이 YES를 누른 건, 그 퍼즐성보다는 날아다니면서 젤을 묻히고 여기저기를 휘젓는 그 스피디함때문이 아니었습니까? 그런데 그것 역시 이룰 수 없다는 것을 깨닫게 됩니다.

2. 추진젤과 반발젤 그 자체의 문제 + 소스엔진 특유의 붕 뜨는 조작감

한 두번 게임을 깬 플레이어의 경우, "포털 1"에선 죽는 일이 많이 없습니다. 심지어 고급 실험실에서도 말이죠. "포털 2"에선 더더욱 그렇고, "포털 2"의 모드인 "포털 스토리즈:멜" 역시 난이도가 어려운 것이지 잘 죽는 것은 아닙니다. 원작모독 취급을 받는 "타임머신으로 생각하기(?)" 역시 잡버그가 많고 스토리라 별로라 그렇지 잘 죽지는 않습니다. (구 애퍼처 시설은 빼고 말합시다. 그건 컨트롤 미스랑은 얘기가 다르죠.) 그런데 "애퍼처 태그"는 *엄청 많이* 죽으셔야 할 겁니다. 저도 2시간 반 만에 겜을 깼지만, 정말 수도 없이 죽은 것 같네요. 이 모드는 끊임없이 추락사 하는 것을 빡치지 않고 참아내는 인내심이 있어야 합니다.

"포털 2"를 해보신 분들은 알겠지만, 두 종류의 젤, 특히 반발젤은 한 번 올라가면 웅크리기를 해야한다는 것도 까먹고 계속 1mm씩 통통 튀기며 전진하다가 제어권을 잃는 일이 많습니다. 그런데 이 게임은 심지어 그게 메인이죠? 비행도중에 착지 예상 지점이 파란 젤로 범벅이다? 점프하자마자 ctrl을 누르는 기술을 익히시게 될 겁니다. 그렇지 않으면 착지지점을 넘어서 튕겨나가 꾸정물에 익사하게 되실 거니까요.

익사의 원인은 그것만 있는 것이 아닙니다. 플레이어의 속도가 주황 젤 위에서 꽤 빨라진다면, *플레이어의 속도가 젤이 발사되는 속도보다 빨라지게 됩니다.* 추진젤을 바닥에 바르면서 동시에 달리다가, 벽에 반발젤을 발라서 점프를 해야 할 떄가 왔다? 아마 여러분은 어디쯤 벽이 나올지를 예상하시고 미리 조준을 하셔야 할 겁니다. 안 그러면 여러분은 맨 벽에 부딪히실 거니까요. 또 여러분이 어디로 날아갈 지 감이 잘 안 잡힙니다. 그래서 벽에 파란 젤을 쏴도 제가 그 쪽으로 안 날아가는 경우가 있어요. 그래서 죽는 일을 챕터 3 마지막에 정말 뼈저리게 경험하게 되실 겁니다.

그런 일이 없으려면, 안전한 곳에서 미리 벽에다 파란 젤을 발라놓으면 되는데, 이러면 광고에서 나오는 "스피디함"은 무슨 의미가 있습니까? 다시 말하지만 페인트 도배 노가다 시뮬레이션이 되는 거에요. 어차피 벽을 꼼꼼히 파란 색으로 칠해야 하는데, 그러면 스플래툰이나 비세라 클린업 디테일을 추천드립니다. 이건 그래도 칠하고 닦는게 목적이잖아요?? 만약에 벽을 다 꼼꼼히 칠하고, 바닥도 주황색으로 잘 도배했다? 그래도 여러분은 죽을 수 있습니다. 소스 엔진 특유의 미끄러지는 조작감이 여러분이 착지한 이유 의도치 않게 실족사를 시켜줄 겁니다. 하프라이프에서 움직이는 발판 밟을 때나, 트램펄린에서 뛸 때, 아니면, 포털 2에서 높은 곳에서 낙하한 다음 하드라이트 브릿지에 착지할 때 착지 후에 미끄러져서 떨어진 경험이 꽤 있으실 겁니다. 여기는 근데 바닥 여기저기에 여러분을 강제점프 시키거나, 잘 미끄러지는 걸 더 잘 미끄러지게 하는 젤이 발라져 있거든요? 심지어 젤 발린 하드라이트 브릿지에 착지해야 하는 경우도 있습니다. 점프 하나하나 하실 때마다 낙사를 하니까 F6(퀵세이브)를 꾸준히 누르는 습관이 생깁니다.

3. 기타 안 좋은 점

세이브 메카니즘이 조금 이상한가 봅니다. 심지어 잘 죽는데, 죽고 나서 한참 전으로 돌아가는 일도 있습니다. F6을 생활화 합시다.

터릿을 포털 스토리즈에 나오는 옛 터릿 모델을 썼습니다. 어디가 먼전지는 모르겠고, 근데 그 험상궂은 외형에 귀여운 터릿 목소리가 나오니 좀 깹니다.

목소리 얘기해서 그런데, 코어 목소리가 많이 별롭니다. 꼭 미드 나오는 사춘기 고딩 목소리 같아요. 들으면서 좀 짜증날 수 있습니다.

BGM이 엄청 좋습니다. 근데 이게 BGM 이름 그대로 게임 밖에서 나면 좋은 데, 맵에 있는 스피커에서 나옵니다. 안 그래도 여기저기 뛰어다니고 통통 튀겨다니는 게임인데 소리가 커졌다 작아졌다 하는게 엄청나게 거슬립니다.

누구는 엔딩이 좋다고 하는데, 전 개인적으로 별로네요. 엔딩이 2개니까 둘 다 확인해보도록 합시다.

한 번에 점프해서 넘어가 질 것 같은데 *착지한 다음* 조금 걸어서 파란 젤 바르고 다시 뛰어야 넘어가지는 구덩이가 있습니다. 베타 테스터가 있는데 이런 사소한 짜증남은 왜 안 고친 건가요?

스테이지간 이동을 할 때 진공 파이프를 탑니다. 근데 지나가면서 보여주는 주변 풍경이 웅장함이 전혀 없습니다. 조잡하다고 말해도 될 수준이에요. 이동시간도 쓸데없이 깁니다. 구 시설에서 구 시설 가는데 신 시설에 잠깐 들려서 버튼 하나 누르고 오는 부분이 있습니다. 이럴거면 그냥 이동경로 중간에 버튼을 만드세요. 이동시간 낭비가 좀 심합니다.

아까도 말했지만 챕터 3 마지막부분은 진짜 재미있긴 한데 다 외우셔야 될겁니다. 벽같은데 부서져서 떨어지는데, 떨어지는 물건도 "포털2"처럼 모양만 있는게 아니라, 진짜 하나하나가 다 부피와 질량이 있는 프롭입니다. 부딪혀서 날아가다가 걸려서 같이 떨어질 수 있습니다. 저는 그냥 깼지만 나무위키 보니까 그 부분 스킵 버튼이 있다는 군요. 제작자가 오천 오백원 쳐 받으면서 이런건 고칠 생각을 안 합니까?

● 결론: 재밌고 참신하고 BGM이 좋습니다. 근데 조작감이 똥이고, 퍼즐보다는 플랫포머에 가깝습니다. 엄청 잘 죽고 세이브 이상하니 주기적으로 퀵세이브 해야 합니다. 마우스 자주 집어던지게 됩니다. 나레이터 목소리 별롭니다. 버그 많습니다. 세일해서 천 원에 팔때 사에요. 딱 천 원 퀄리티.

● 평점: 60/100 ★★★☆☆

Здесь можно нарисовать Чле*

о палмолив,мой нежный гель, ты даришь запах орхидей

всем кому хотелось поблювать гелем рекомендую к покупке

капибара

虽然凝胶枪挺有趣的，但流程太短了，谜题也比不上传送门2，系列粉丝可以试试，非粉丝并不推荐玩这个

PS:只能读取最后一个存档的设定真的很蛋疼

Fajna, ale któtka Gra/Mod ma swój humorek i to tyle :P, nie polecam kupować gry za 5€ poczekajcie na promocje i kupcie za ~1€, jeżeli jesteście fanami serii portal nie wachajcie się i kupujcie, i to tyle nic zbytnio więcej nie mogę powiedzieć.

Aperture Tag ist meiner Meinung nach vom prinzip her ein gutes Spiel.
Endlich mal eine neue Waffe und neue Denkmöglichkeiten.
Jetzt muss man anders kombinieren um ans Ziel zu kommen als im normalen Portal 2.
Man bekommt eine Paint Gun, die einerseits Oranges Gel (Geschwindigkeitsgel) herausschießen kann, andererseits bekommt man das blaue Gel, dass einen zum Springen verhilft.

Aber was ich zu bemängeln habe ist die Story, denn die ist sehr knapp.
Es gibt zwar Communitylevels, aber ich finde es wirklich mies, dass die für diese Spielzeit auch noch Geld verlangen.
Denn die Story hat man in ein paar Stunden schon durchgespielt.

Insgesamt ist Aperture Tag aber eine gute Mod für Portal 2 und als Portal Fan sollte man sie sich nicht entgehen lassen, da es ja auch noch Community Level gibt, an denen man herumknobeln kann :)

В-целом, хороший мод. Есть, конечно, и минусы и плюсы.
Эти плюсы и минусы сугубо мои.

Плюсы:
1. Это конечно же сеттинг Portal.
2. С первых минут игра затягивает
3. 60% испытаний проходит в самой первой лаборатории (где директором был Кейв Джонсон). Это плюс для меня, потому что по современной лаборатории я уже находился и в первой и во второй части.
4. Весьма неплохо озвучен ГЛАДОСозаменитель - модуль Найджел, его реплики схожи с чуством юмора ГЛАДОС.
5. Есть карта, которая мне особо доставила и подарила мне классных эмоций, это карта в стиле "Speed Run", тоесть, ты летишь на огромной скорости и на ходу разливаешь под себя ускоряющий гель комбинируя все это с гелем прыгучести. Этот момент я больше всего раз перепроходил, но запомнился он мне лучше всего.

Минусы:
1. Как я оговорил игра затягивает с первых минут, но ближе к концу испытания для меня уже были не так интересны и казались скучными.
2. Парочку багов я нашел. На первом баге я залез в текстуры и не смог из них вылезти. Второй баг заключался в недоработке карт, я ее прошел две карты явно не так, как задумывали разрабы.
3. Некоторые карты построены так тупо, что сразу видно, что разрабы их строили лишь для того, чтобы они были, я не чувствовал в эти моменты, что я лабораторная крыса на которой испытывают гели, я чувствовал будто Aperture Science создавали эти испытания будто бы просто для развлечения по типу аттракционов. Короче дух испытаний в этой игре не везде реализован.
4. Это скорее придирка. В огигинальном Portal нам в качкстве подарка за прохождение всех испытаний почти в самом начале игры обещали тортик, тут же торт заменяет банка газировки "Citranium". Но, эту газировку нам предлагают почти что в конце игры. Меня лишили стимула проходить эти испытания с самого начала :D

7 Citranium-ов из 10

Почему платной стала именно эта модификация, а не Portal Stories: Mel?

Нет, я, конечно, не шибко жадный, чтобы требовать обратно свои 29 рублей за эту модификацию, однако если разработчики продают свой продукт за деньги, так пусть он будет соответствовать качеству платной игры, как в Portal Stories: Mel.

В чем причина моей ненависти? Ну, на самом деле, её не настолько много, чтобы ненавидеть модификацию всей душой, так как я её прошёл и получил какое-никакое удовольствие и слабую тренировку мозга, но в проекте есть недостатки, которые не дают назвать Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative хорошей покупкой.

Начнем, для начала, с тестовых камер. Часть из них сделаны на уровне среднестатистической модификации на движке Source. Некоторые, особенно с 4 главы, неплохие. Некоторые просто неудачные (особенно та, что с ядром. Да, я сейчас про последний уровень третьей главы). А парочку были взяты напрямую из Portal 2. Причем нет откровенно ужасных уровней, но и нет таких, которые бы заставляли восторгаться и визжать от восторга, как в том же PS:M. Просто уровень среднестатистической модификации, созданной руками среднестатистического маппера, который намедни научился пользоваться Valve Hammer Editor. Но всегда остаются открытыми и другие проблемы.

Первая - это гели,стержень данной модификации. Все головоломки основаны на них. Для этого у нас есть устройство, выливающее их. И проблема не в том, чтобы точно их нанести на уровне, а проблема в точности их использования. То есть вам нужно максимально аккуратно прыгать на синих и максимально аккуратно пробегать на оранжевых гелях, иначе пару миллиметров не туда - и вы уже находитесь в зеленой жиже. И это бесит, так как, я вас уверяю в этом, промахиваться вы будете часто.

Вторая проблема - это легкость самим головоломок. Вы заходите в тестовую камеру, походите немного в ней и уже понимаете, что и как тут делать. Ну нет здесь ни одной достойной головоломки, над которой придется поломать голову в течении 1 часа или более. Так, жвачка для мозга, не более. То есть вся сложность кроется исключительно в механике гелей, с которой не всегда удается справится.

И это вкупе с малой продолжительностью в 3-4 часа (не обращайте внимание на мои часы игры - клиент Steam вылетел и часы не засчитывались) и багами, которые ты замечаешь там и тут.

Да, тут есть неплохое звуковое сопровождение, часть которого была написана замечательным композитором и фанатом Харри Каллахеном, более известным как Harry101UK, работы которого мне лично очень нравятся. Но не более - на одном OST проект не вытащишь.

Ну ладно, есть несколько отсылок к массовой культуре, включая отсылки к фильму Шоу Трумана. И две концовки. Все. Не более того.

А еще хочу вспомнить проблемы с меню. Если вы захотите загрузить другое сохранение, отличное от вашего последнего, переиграть нужную вам комнату (а не главу) или перезагрузить карту, то милости прошу в консоль. Не, для меня это не сложно, но зачем нужно было такие элементарные вещи удалять? И игрокам приходится смотреть в соответствующее руководство лишь для того, чтобы загрузить нужную комнату. Ну не бред же?

[游戏将在7月16日发售，简体中文版 Coming Soon™！]

还记得 Portal 2 里的凝胶吗？现在你可以直接用手上的凝胶枪来发射啦！

游戏很有挑战性，游戏里的音乐也很酷很动感，非常值得一试。

Co o tom říct? Určitě to nestojí za nějakých 5 EUR natož pak 7 EUR to je přehnané, ještě k tomu pro mód. Dabing je místama přepísklý a ten konec... Divil jsem se že u "Portal" hry udělají zeovna takový konec. Mohli ho ještě trochu rozvést. Soundtrack je oproti Portal 2 sušší a nestoupne tolik adrealinu při některých částech. Pak jsem moc nepochopil, že při jedné těžší části byl skip, to je velký podraz. Ale na druhou stranu se mi líbil nový způsob uvažování při hádankách.

6/10

Если вы фанат серии Portal, то Aperture Tag приятно вас удивит. В этой игре основу механики составляют полезные гели, которыми мы обожали пачкать стены во второй половине Portal 2 – она полностью позаимствована у инди Tag: Power of Paint, ставшей донором для Portal 2. Но и порталы никуда не делись.

Плюсы:
• Хорошие головоломки с новыми игровыми элементами
• Приятный дизайн уровней
• Хорошая музыка от Harry101UK
• Встроенный редактор уровней, интегрированный с Мастерской Steam
• 2 концовки
• Коллекционные карточки

Минусы:
• К сожалению, игра очень коротка – всего 3-4 часа для заядлого игрока в Portal. Большую часть игры мы знакомимся с гелями и гелевой пушкой. Игру берут те, у кого есть Portal 2, и кто его прошел и уже знаком с гелями. Поэтому можно было уделить больше времени тестам, а не обучению игре с гелями.
• Очень жаль, но кооператива нет
И мелкие минусы:
• Смелая дизайнерская находка - введенные в 4 главе природные декорации сильно диссонируют с привычными светлыми стенами обычных камер, в таких условиях весьма трудно быстро сориентироваться во время тестов
• Главный игровой элемент – гелевая пушка – от первого лица выглядит не так хорошо, как сбоку, невыразительно. Таким дизайном придется "наслаждаться" на протяжении всей игры.
• Один очень напряженный, динамичный момент игры можно пропустить, поручив управление игре. От такого "прохождения" уровня у меня остался неприятный осадок. Все же, когда ты сам проходишь с 26 попытки самое запаристое место, битву с боссом или что то такое, то эйфория от того, что этот момент ты прошел сам, огромная. Но это можно убить одной кнопкой.

Итог: перед нами добротный мод. 7,5/10

Zauważyłem, że wiele osób wystawia tej modyfikacji negatywne opinie porównując go do innego, "o wiele lepszego" moda do tej samej gry. Ludzie narzekają że Portal Stories: Mel jest owiele lepsze i darmowe. Ja jednak chciałbym podejść do tematu nie patrząc na Mel. Po pierwsze, modyfikacja "Aperture Tag" jest zdecydowanie bardzo oryginalna. Tym razem, po raz pierwszy, nie mamy do dyspozycji działka portalowego, a całkiem nowe urządzenie, które jest dozownikiem żelu repulsyjnego i propulsyjnego. Jest to zarówno nowość, jak i stara mechanika zapożyczona z oryginalnego Portala. Niesie to za sobą szereg plusów i minusów. Żele dają nam multum nowych możliwości, chociaż nie zostały przystosowane przez twórców oryginalnej gry do takiego typu wykorzystania, więc niosą za sobą też wiele błędów. Kilka razy zdażyło mi się przejść pomieszczenie testowe w sposób który był bardzo odległy od tego zaproponowanego przez twórców. Fabuła nie jest dość oryginalna, ale występuje wiele smaczków które ucieszą fanów oryginalnej serii gier Portal. Ogromnym plusem jest też możliwość tworzenia własnych pomieszczeń testowych. Jedyne czego mi zabrakło, to achievementów. Brak tu większej ilości easter eggów i dodatkowej zawartości, nie licząc dwóch możliwych zakończeń gry (jednego ukrytego). Zdecydowanie mogę polecić mod "Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative". Może jest to gra krótka, nie jest też droga, a ja przez te kilka godzin rozgrywki bawiłem się przednio przeżywając przygodę w Aperture Science jeszcze raz, tylko trochę inaczej.

This game, as much as it is clever and interesting in it's concept, does not need to be five dollars. It surprisingly short compared to other FREE Portal mods on Steam and feels like it could have used more time exploring how these gels work. It may be a good mod, but it's not worth five dollars of your time. Either get it when its on sale or get it gifted from a friend.

The gel mechanics don't really make for a good puzzle game. But as a fan of the portal series, getting to see more of the facility, remixes of old levels and mess around with the gels are all fun novelties. And overall gets that Portal feel pretty good.

Also has a level editor and workshop which is a nice addition.

A nice mod, though it's slightly shorter than Portal and doesn't have achievements, it's still worth the money, it also gives me another game to buy Trading Cards. An interesting Portal 2 mod, as it doesn't have Portals, but replaces it with Aperture's Propulsion and Repulsion Gel. Great Game

Interesting concept, the paint gun is very fun to use. Good soundtrack and workshop support.
However the weak story, and some very frustrating levels make Aperture Tag an easily forgettable experience.
If you are craving for some Portal content this will serve you well.

Para ser honestos, como muchos esperaba mucho de este mod. Y si bien no fue tant genial como anhelaba, es un juego bastante decente, que merece la pena ser jugado, y tambien pagado (Que haya mejores mods que sean gratuitos es otra cosa).

En general le daria un 7/10. En música es sublime, muy buena y original. En mapas, no tanto: la verdad es que la mitad eran o muy parecidos a mapas del Portal 2 original, o eran copias directas, reconocido en el mismo juego. Sin embargo, los que eran originales explotaron muy bien el concepto de geles, y si bien hay algunos trucos que permiten pasar algunas pruebas facilmente, lo cierto es que de corregirse harian que el juego fuera mucho mas dificil y entretenido de lo que ya es.

Sobre la historia, en lo basico me gusto. Lo unico que no me gustó fue el personaje de Nigel, le falto explotarlo más, y el humor no pareció haber sido planeado mucho, no le llega ni a los talones al GlaDOS del original. En cuanto al final (SPOILERS-SPOILERS-SPOILERS), el principal no me convenció mucho, pero me alegró mucho descubrir el alternativo, el cual me dejo bastante satisfecho, un final digno de un gran mod de portal.

Nuevamente, para dar un puntaje:

*Historia: 6/10
*Musica: 10/10
*Voces: 5/10
*Mecanicas: 7/10

*General: 7/10 (Recomendado)

As far as mods go, this one is pretty decent.

This mod introduces more puzzles, new settings, new puzzle elements and mechanics, a new character and a bit more time in the world of Aperture Science.

Story wise it doesn’t really add on to the original story, nor does it really have a story of its own, but it’s fun none the less.

When you look at the trailer this mod seems more fast paced then either original Portal games, but in my opinion it isn’t. If anything I kind of felt that the paint mechanic slowed down the momentum of solving chambers. Sometimes the jumps can be hard to predict and shooting mid-air isn’t as easy as it looks. I’m not even ashamed to admit I started resorting to the old school F6 to quick save feature. Which I literally never used in any of the other games!

I got a little frustrated at times while playing through this mod because of the above reason, but not enough for it to ruin the experience for me. I still think it’s a good idea and a great little addition to the franchise. At times it weirdly reminded me of the Half-Life franchise, which I thought was intriguing.

The new character is… interesting. It doesn’t really make it clear who they are, why they are there or where in the Portal timeline this whole thing is supposed to be, but it is definitely interesting.
As far as characters go they aren’t as good as previous Portal characters. This character hasn’t the passive aggressive charm GLaDOS does nor the silly moronic charm Wheatley does. But they’re alright. They just had a lot to live up to, I suppose! Plus at the end of the day this is just a mod.

The voice acting isn’t amazing, but it’s not horrific either. It was acceptable I would say. Maybe that’s me just being a little harsh, but I’m not sure. Maybe I’m just so used to the franchise the way it is the change was uncertain for me.

All in all I liked this, it was fun. For a mod I would say the length is fair. It’s not like a whole new separate game but it’s not some short demo either. It’s fair.

If you are a fan of the franchise, I would say this is definitely worth a try. It’s a nice little addition but nothing too amazing.


TL;DR : Fun new puzzles/mechanics, a new (slightly questionable) character and a kind of story but-not-a-story storyline. An intriguing and great addition to the franchise but definitely not a Portal 3 kind of deal.

ถ้าคุณเบื่อกับการยิงรูมิติและอยากลองอะไรใหม่ ๆ ผมขอแนะนำให้ลองม็อดนี้ดู เพราะครั้งนี้เราจะได้ใช้ปืนยิงเจล!

Get it on sale! Not bad could be better

Too easy and repetitive.
I dont see how this mod charges money when there's something like Portal Stories Mel for free.

you know what, i gotta hand it to 'em. This is certainly a mod called Aperture Tag.
It was fine. Buy it if its on sale and you have nothing better to do. Nothing terrible, but nothing all that remarkable either. It has a very interesting concept, but could've been executed a bit better.
also it runs like crap on mac and you'll be lucky if it even opens.

장점
- 포탈2에서는 맘대로 못썼던 페인트를 맘대로 쓸 수 있다.
- 챕터3 마지막 부분 꿀잼

단점
- 뭔가 이상한 세이브 구조
- 쉬운 난이도

스토리는 뭐 딱히 기대는 안했고 영어실력이 별로라 이해도 잘 안됬었으니 패스하겠습니다.

포탈2에서 가장 하고싶었던 페인트 맘대로 사용하기를 이뤄주는 게임이라 전 좋았습니다.

포탈2를 스토리 보느라 한 5시간정도 걸려서 깬다 가정할때(얼마나 걸렸는지 기억이 안나네요) 이 게임 하면서 켜놓고 딴짓했던것을 감안해도 한 3시간정도면 포탈2와 비교해서 플레이타임은 충분한 편이라 생각합니다.

3 마지막부분이 전 게임 통틀어서 제일 재밌었어요 (자세한건 직접...)


그런데 중간에 공중에서 세이브가 저장됬는데 떨어지면 죽는 위치라 세이브 날릴뻔했습니다.
불러오기가 제가 모르는걸 수도 있겠지만 가장 마지막에 세이브 된거밖에 못불러와서 망할뻔했습니다. 한 10분정도 고생해서 겨우 운좋게 땅에 착지했죠.

그리고 포탈을 좋아하는 유저만이 살 것이라 생각했는데 문제는 그런 유저들에겐 난이도가 너무 쉽습니다.

If you've just finished Portal 2 and are itching for more content, this is unfortunately not the mod for you.

Well-intentioned as it may be, Aperture Tag suffers from the fact that the gel physics in Portal 2 were never particularly amazing. Add in the moving player and everything gets a little wonky.

The mod is also lacking a good deal of polish. Clipping brushes for tubes and ramps are jagged and allow the player to occassionally get stuck. Instead of changing a surface to not hold gel there is a big pop-up which says "by the way, don't put gel here". Your blue/orange gels are switched off somewhat arbitrarily, instead of fixing the level design to work around the tools the player already has.

The writing is okay, but the gameplay itself is subpar. If you want more of Portal 2 go play the co-op campaign, don't throw away your money on this.

Aperture Tag - многообещающий мод. Первое, что бросается в глаза - мод любительский и при этом платный, что сразу говорит нам о том, что он действительно того стоит. Красочные скриншоты и трейлеры показаны нам, но на самом деле мы получаем... нечто вроде среднячка. Да, новый пейнтган поменял геймплей, были и веселые моменты, были и моменты когда надо было попотеть, поднапрячь голову. Но сюжета, как такового нет. Вы просто слоняетесь от комнаты к комнате, выслушивая реплики "оранжевого шарика". Что-то сюжетное всплывает лишь в конце и где-то ближе к 4 главе. Мод довольно легкий для прохождения и не заставит вас долго мучаться в поисках решения каждой головоломки. Редактор тоже далеко не революционный: он всего-лишь немного измененный редактор в оригинальном Portal 2. Может быть, карты смогут сдвинуть грань геймплея в лучшую сторону. Надеюсь на это.
В целом, за модом можно провести вечерок, испытывая новый пейнтган, промчаться по "трассам" с ускоряющим гелем, но мод не стоит денег.
Итог: 7/10

На моем канале можно посмотреть прохождение этого мода, все эмоции и все, что я пережил: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy1vhjiaUbXKiiMA2iZQVYThP-FRfeT4M

Получил этот мод на халяву, но если бы я о нём узнал после раздачи - всё равно бы купил. Убил 6 часов времени на прохождение и не заметил никаких багов. На уровнях часто встречаются места, куда ты можешь случайно попасть и найти приколы от разрабов, что не может не радовать.

It's pretty fun, and short. But some puzzles had the worst solutions I've ever seen. Some puzzles got me soft locked because the game saved at the wrong time, forcing me to use noclip. The last chapter is kinda boring imo. The ending was ok (both of them). I'd recommend getting it only if it's on sale because there are better mods for free. 6.5/10

Extremely well executed Portal 2 mod. Sometimes there are portals involved, but you have no control over them. It's all about the gels, so it changes your thinking perspective to puzzle solving. Cave Johnson is in there. There are two possible endings. The final music is great. Great job!

I'm going to get this out of the way before I continue;

This is NOT as polished as the Portal 2 base game. There are the occasional graphical glitch or problem, and hiccup here or there. Also I have finished the game as of this review, unlike some other reviews which only have 1.5hrs or less.

BUT;

That being said, for $5.00 (as of this review) this is actually nice for the price. You can call it a mod or DLC or whatever you might want, but it's worth it. You can complain about the price all you want, but if you're ready to shell out money for another TF2 hat, a key for CS:GO or something like that, I think you can drop the cash for this.

Game play:
Basic Portal 2 game play, but with a twist. Instead of using the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, you're using a device which allows you to shoot the Repulsion and Propulsion gels introduced in the before-mentioned game. It adds a new element to it and switches it up quite a bit in many rooms. Controls are smooth, no real issues there but the physics can cause problems if you're not careful.

Puzzles:
Some of them are recycled from Portal 2 (which, all things considered, some puzzles in Portal 2 were recycled (either in part or in whole) from Portal 1) but others are new and unique. Towards the very end you'll be scratching your head, but some are frustrating and not in a good way, plus I think I beat Chapter 4, Chamber 8 not as intended) You'll have to shoot gel in front of you quite quickly in some puzzles and while it works, you're going to discover quite a bit of trial and error. But like its predecessors just stick with it and you'll get through.

Unfortunately, the hindsight of it all is that on some chambers your best bet is to spray gel everywhere you can because it'll actually help more then hinder. Plus you CAN and WILL knock yourself out of bounds or into a pit with the repulsion gel. Get used to that now and you'll be a happier person.

I did have issues in Chambers 2, 6, 10 and 14 all after you get both gels available, with one of the issues being what I feel is a programming oversight and the other being a crash. Your results may vary however.

Music;
Surprisingly fits with the game nicely, done in part by Harry101UK of "This is Aperture" fame. No complaints at all... except for one and you'll know it when it shows up. "Why is this even IN the music library?"

Voice work;
Here's where it takes a hit in my book. I understand that it's not done by professionals, I respect and admire them for the work they did. But they tried too hard to make another Wheatly and sadly, while your testing associate does have some clever one liners, he's more of background noise then anything else.

Overall:
I'm going to stress this again, like I did in the beginning.

This is fan made. It's not as polished as Portal 2. You'll get some problems here and there, it'll make you frustrated at times and you'll wonder what the hell they were thinking when they came up with some of the puzzles. But as a twist to the Portal mechanics, it's a nice little add-on storyline that's worth the price, on sale or not.

Reviewed on 15-July-2014
~Shiekra Tora

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можно рисовать письки. РЕКОМЕНДУЮ

Questo gioco è wow, semplicemente wow. E purtroppo per gli sviluppatori, non in senso buono.
Allora, partendo dal fatto che di menu principali così tristi penso ce ne siano piuttosto pochi, ho deciso di fare la campagna single-player.
Le mappe: quasi per niente ottimizzate, i riflessi dell'acqua sono completamente insensati, il framerate della mod è piuttosto basso rispetto ad altri giochi Source. Ma una cosa che mi ha davvero infastidito sono come sono progettate. Non è possibile che il mapper non abbia tenuto conto del margine d'errore nei salti! Eppure non l'ha fatto. Se vi verrà in testa la folle idea di giocare a questa mod, preparatevi ad imprecare, perché ogni salto che farete dovrà avere una precisione chirurgica, altrimenti morirete e nel migliore dei casi dovrete ricominciare il livello.
Un altro grande errore di questo gioco è la gestione dei salvataggi: a quanto pare il salvataggio che si crea quando inizi una nuova stanza di test è diverso da quello che crei ♥♥♥ il salvataggio rapido, e di conseguenza quando muori in un livello sì, torni all'inizio di quello, ma se usi il caricamento rapido può capitare che finirai in una delle mappe precedenti, obbligandoti a risolverle nuovamente prima di tornare dov'eri effettivamente morto.
Per quanto riguarda i modelli, quello della paint gun è in bassissima risoluzione, e sinceramente non è accettabile, quando il motore Source può reggerne di ben più complessi e/o dettagliati (vedi Portal Gun, Gravity Gun). Inoltre quando si è in aria e si viaggia ad una certa velocità può capitare che i liquidi visibili nei due tubi all'interno della paint gun possano prendere "vita propria".
Ma dettagli a parte, parliamo del gameplay: in una parola disastroso. In più di una parola, diciamo che è molto frustrante (e per me anche noioso), sia per il problema della precisione dei salti, sia per un altro, a mio avviso anche più grave: se tu stai correndo sul gel di propulsione (quello arancione per intenderci) e spari il gel, quello è effettivamente più lento di te, portandoti all'insanità mentale, dato che dovrete ricominciare il livello più e più volte (magari anche incappando nel problema dei salvataggi sopracitato). Unendo il gel più lento di te e la precisione millimetrica richiesta nel gioco, nell'ultima mappa del capitolo 3 (tra l'altro l'unica che mi è effettivamente piaciuta) avrete da sudarci parecchio.
Il comparto sonoro è allucinante: quando si cerca di creare del gel dove non potresti (tipo fra una camera di test e l'altra) il suono è lo stesso della gravity gun quando sta tenendo un oggetto. Per finire, il rumore delle presse è boh. Non so nemmeno se siano lontanamente delle presse dal rumore che facevano.
Parlando ora della storia, sarebbe quasi stato meglio se non ci fosse stata. Il doppiaggio è piuttosto buono, ma i dialoghi rimangono comunque piuttosto scarni. Se gli sviluppatori si aspettavano dell'umorismo beh, io non ho mai sorriso.
La musica è forse l'unica cosa decente del gioco, forse una delle poche cose che richiamano effettivamente Aperture Science.
Detto questo, in effetti questa mod è wow. Ovvero non pensavo fosse possibile che tanti errori insieme in una mod potessero coesistere insieme.

Этот мод я встретил ещё в детстве, когда интересовался вселенной Portal, пытался найти его, но не вышло...
К сожалению, по итогу я совсем забыл о нём, так как в моей жизни появлялись другие не менее интересные игры, которые я проходил с удовольствием будучи малым.
И вот, спустя долгие годы, когда я уже не маленький, учусь давно не в школе, я случайно замечаю в библиотеке своего старого друга интересное такое название связанное с Portal, это был он Aperature Tag, в начале я не понял что это такое, но мне казалось название чем-то знакомым. Перейдя на страницу в магазине, я осознал, что это он... Тот самый мод, который я мечтал пройти в детстве! Моему счастью не было предела... Неужели я смогу его пройти самостоятельно и получить удовольствие, которое не получал от многих современных игр?? Да, друзья мои, так и случилось.
Обычный мод, который окончательно вышел 15 июля 2014 года, намного интереснее многих современных проектов, а фанатам Portal вообще нельзя его обходить!
Теперь стоит начать рассказать о моде:
Сам мод представляет из себя иной взгляд на геймплей Portal. Помните гели из второй части? Думаю каждый бы хотел закрасить ими всю карту, но к сожалению в Portal 2 не на всех поверхностях можно ставить порталы и даже так разбрызгивать сам гель очень муторно и сложно. Но данный мод даст вам такую возможность! Ведь в нём, забирают у вас привычное Портальное устройство и выдают уже Гелевую пушку! Да-да, тут можно стрелять тем самым гелем из второй части! Правда только синим и оранжевым, но белый гель не очень нам нужен(так как мы не используем порталы, смысла от него нет), а вот воды, которая очищала бы некоторые места, где гель неудобен очень не хватало, но даже так стрелять из такой пушки очень весело!
Данный мод лично у меня занял для прохождения где-то в районе 5 часов, вместе с двум концовками.
Мод состоит из 4 глав, в первых двух которых нас познакомят с гелями, а дальше уже можно оторваться по полной! Но даже первые две главы очень интересные, имеют свой какой-то шарм что-ли... Ну думаю они тоже многим понравятся!
Про сюжет ничего говорить не буду, для мода на 5 часов он вполне себе хороший и интересный. В данной модификации можно даже встретить некоторые тестовые камеры из первой части Portal! Очень уж это порадовало и тронуло сердечко старого фаната, как никак это была первая вселенная, а также первая серия игр, которую я прошёл.
Подводя итоги можно сказать, мод стоит своих денег и даже окупает их, так как благодаря ему, можно получить кучу положительных эмоций и нового геймплея нашей старой, любимой игры, а также редактор карт сообщества, но уже вместо портального устройства будет гелевое! Думаю любителям посторить свои кастомные уровни это понравится, как никак разнообразие лишним не будет))
Благодарю всех кто прочитал данный тред, всех обнимаю и целую! <3

Well, I managed to finish it in an afternoon but it was well worth the $5.
It's not quite as well-polished as other, similar campaigns such as Portal Stories: Mel, but the story is decent and the gameplay really shines through.
Due to the nature of the mechanics, it's much easier than the standard portal-based puzzles, but I am not complaining. The slightly faster pace that I moved through the chambers aided in my enjoyment, and I would buy it again knowing what I do now.

I don't think I need to say much in terms of this mod to say it's brilliant. It's got its own story, unique puzzles with a take of a gun that shoots two types of gel instead of portals, charm with the characters in it, many different easter eggs, and even set up for the same experience Portal 2 has with community test chambers. While I'd normally be torn away considering this is the first mod I've ever played that I've had to pay money for, considering the cheap price, it's not that bad, and considering the community test chambers, you have plenty more ways to play the game other than just playing through the story once or twice. I recommend this to anyone who has played through the portal series and wants a fantastic spin on the puzzles and challenges.

I. LOVE. THIS. GAME!!! The Paint Gun adds a new spin on things, the recycled levels from P2 were a bit tough, especially the one from The Surprise (Was it the first one?). This is very good, as it is a nice challenge when away from the Portal Gun. Still, that level was EXTREMELY hard with the Portal Gun.

I played the HECK out of this game with my Steam Controller (Newest as of now) and it was AMAZING!

Multiplayer was a small bit "Buggi", when you have the Portal Gun and the Paint Gun. One player has nothing, which actually is the Paint Gun, and the other player has a "Paint Gun", which is actually the Portal Gun.

Overall, it is an EXTREMELY good game! Also not to mention, the Community Made Levels are AMAZING!!!

I've heard about this game earlier this year, and it had A LOT of hype leading up to it. And when I learned that Harry101UK was helping with it, I was super excited! I bought the game when it came out, and I couldn't wait to try it. So, was it worth the wait?

Yes, but No at the same time.

It's a great Portal 2 Mod. The puzzles are challenging and fun and it has a level creater! The music is outstading and stays within the orginal Portal soundtrack. Sadly though, it can be completed in a little under 2 hours and there is not much afterwards. The only thing that bothers me though is the voice acting. It's ok, but not the best. If you don't mind the voice acting though, it's a fun mod to play.

Too bad is cost money ;-;

8/10

I did buy this game to play coop with a friend, and because the single player mechanics were cool ( i tought ) ... boy i was wrong. First of all this game does NOT have a coop mode , it's marked as coop because some users dropped some coop maps for this game in the workshop and so the dev decided to add the " coop " mark to it... shame. Second of all,the singleplayer is not difficult at all FOR THE TESTS THEMSELVES... in fact ,most of the time you'll be able to figure out the solution but you'll get bored of this game quickly because of how frustrating it is to get the timing right.... after finishing this game i can say that the soundtrack and the voice acting didn't bother me that much , but the fact that the dev re-used some PORTAL 2 singleplayer levels in this game ( i want to remind you that this is a mod and usually mods are FREE ) shows lazyness and the ending is really predictable and unoriginal. Portal :Mel stories and Thinking with time machines are free and are better than this ... stay away from this game until it gets to less than 1 euro/dollar , it's just not worth it , if you are a die-hard fan of the portal saga you might enjoy it like you might not.... it all depends in your thirstiness for new content.